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Gilbert Highet quotes

Scottish Writer June 22, 1906 – January 20, 1978

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These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves. From each of them goes out its own voice... and just as the touch of a button on our set will fill the room with music, so by taking down one of these volumes and opening it, one can call into range the voice of a man far distant in time and space, and hear him speaking to us, mind to mind, heart to heart. Gilbert Highet
Gilbert Highet quote: "A good teacher is a determined person."
A good teacher is a determined person. Gilbert Highet
Vergil preferred to give a few touches, and to allow the imagination of his readers to fill out the picture: that is one reason for his almost universal appeal. He changes each of his readers into a poet or an artist. Gilbert Highet
Language is a living thing. We can feel it changing. Parts of it become old: they drop off and are forgotten. New pieces bud out, spread into leaves, and become big branches, proliferating. Gilbert Highet
Gilbert Highet quote: "A teacher must believe in the value and interest of his..."
A teacher must believe in the value and interest of his subject as a doctor believes in health. Gilbert Highet
Many people have played themselves to death. Many people have eaten and drunk themselves to death. Nobody ever thought himself to death. Gilbert Highet
Gilbert Highet quote: "The relation between parents and children is essentially based..."
The relation between parents and children is essentially based on teaching. Gilbert Highet
Gilbert Highet quote: "Books are not lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on..."
Books are not lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on shelves! Gilbert Highet
The real duty of man is not to extend his power or multiply his wealth beyond his needs, but to enrich and enjoy his imperishable possession: his soul. Gilbert Highet
Gilbert Highet quote: "What is politics but persuading the public to vote for this..."
What is politics but persuading the public to vote for this and support that and endure these for the promise of those? Gilbert Highet

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