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Benjamin Jowett quotes: Never retreat. Never explain. Get it done and let them howl.

Never retreat. Never explain. Get it done and let them howl.

Benjamin Jowett quotes: The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit of doing them

The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit of doing them

Benjamin Jowett quotes: Logic is neither a science nor an art, but a dodge.

Logic is neither a science nor an art, but a dodge.

Benjamin Jowett quotes: Plato's dialogues bear at least some similarities to the classical plays.

Plato's dialogues bear at least some similarities to the classical plays.

Benjamin Jowett quotes: Doubt comes in at the window when inquiry is denied at the door.

Doubt comes in at the window when inquiry is denied at the door.

Benjamin Jowett quotes: I am not blaming the past ... But I want the peace of God to settle on the future.

I am not blaming the past ... But I want the peace of God to settle on the future.

Benjamin Jowett quotes: One man is as good as another until he has written a book.

One man is as good as another until he has written a book.

Benjamin Jowett quotes: My dear child, you must believe in God despite what the clergy tells you.

My dear child, you must believe in God despite what the clergy tells you.

Benjamin Jowett quotes: If you don't find a God by five o'clock this afternoon you must leave the college.

If you don't find a God by five o'clock this afternoon you must leave the college.

Benjamin Jowett quotes: You must believe in God, in spite of what the clergy say.

You must believe in God, in spite of what the clergy say.

Benjamin Jowett quotes: It is most important in this world to be pushing, but it is fatal to seem so.

It is most important in this world to be pushing, but it is fatal to seem so.

Benjamin Jowett quotes: Precautions are always blamed. When successful they are said to be unnecessary.

Precautions are always blamed. When successful they are said to be unnecessary.

Benjamin Jowett quotes: Give the clergy your sympathy; don't give them anything else.

Give the clergy your sympathy; don't give them anything else.

Benjamin Jowett quotes: Nowhere probably is there more true feeling, and nowhere worse taste, than in a churchyard.

Nowhere probably is there more true feeling, and nowhere worse taste, than in a churchyard.

Benjamin Jowett quotes: Research! A mere excuse for idleness; it has never achieved, and will never achieve any results of the slightest value.

Research! A mere excuse for idleness; it has never achieved, and will never achieve any results of the slightest value.

Benjamin Jowett quotes: The real measure of our wealth is how much we'd be worth if we lost all our money.

The real measure of our wealth is how much we'd be worth if we lost all our money.

Benjamin Jowett quotes: There is a great deal of hard lying in the world; especially among people whose characters are above suspicion.

There is a great deal of hard lying in the world; especially among people whose characters are above suspicion.

Benjamin Jowett quotes: Young men make great mistakes in life; for one thing, they idealize love too much.

Young men make great mistakes in life; for one thing, they idealize love too much.

Benjamin Jowett quotes: The achievements which society rewards are won at the cost of diminution of personality.

The achievements which society rewards are won at the cost of diminution of personality.

Benjamin Jowett quotes: To teach a man how he may learn to grow independently, and for himself, is perhaps the greatest service that one man can do another.

To teach a man how he may learn to grow independently, and for himself, is perhaps the greatest service that one man can do another.

Benjamin Jowett quotes: All translation is a compromise - the effort to be literal and the effort to be idiomatic.

All translation is a compromise - the effort to be literal and the effort to be idiomatic.

Benjamin Jowett quotes: We cannot seek or attain health, wealth, learning, justice, or kindness in general. Action is always specific, concrete, individualized, unique.

We cannot seek or attain health, wealth, learning, justice, or kindness in general. Action is always specific, concrete, individualized, unique.