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John Lubbock
British
Statesman
Born:
Apr 30
,
1834
Died:
May 28
,
1913
Done
Knows
Nature
Our
Will
Wish
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Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.
John Lubbock
Time
Day
Nature
Lie
Clouds
Water
Sometimes
Listening
Sky
Rest
Grass
Trees
Summer
Idleness
Across
Means
Float
Waste
Waste Of Time
Murmur
Watching
Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books.
John Lubbock
Nature
Sky
Books
Earth
Some
More
Excellent
Rivers
Learn
Mountain
Than
Woods
Lakes
Fields
Us
Teach
Sea
Ever
Sunsets are so beautiful that they almost seem as if we were looking through the gates of Heaven.
John Lubbock
Beautiful
Looking
Sunsets
Seem
Through
Almost
Were
Heaven
Gates
We often hear of people breaking down from overwork, but in nine out of ten they are really suffering from worry or anxiety.
John Lubbock
Suffering
People
Anxiety
Down
Nine
Worry
Out
Ten
Hear
Overwork
Often
Breaking
Really
The important thing is not so much that every child should be taught, as that every child should be given the wish to learn.
John Lubbock
Wish
Important
Every
Given
Learn
Important Thing
Child
Taught
Much
Should
Thing
Happiness is a thing to be practiced, like the violin.
John Lubbock
Happiness
Like
Practiced
Thing
Violin
When we have done our best, we should wait the result in peace.
John Lubbock
Best
Peace
Result
Wait
Our
Done
Should
Your character will be what you yourself choose to make it.
John Lubbock
Character
You
Yourself
Will
Make
Your
Choose
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