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John Lubbock

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Quotes by John Lubbock

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We see depends mainly on what we look for.
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A day of worry is more exhausting than a day of work.
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Health is much more dependent on our habits and nutrition than on medicine.
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There is nothing so good for the inside of a man as the outside of a horse.
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The whole value of solitude depends upon one's self; it may be a sanctuary or a prison, a haven of repose or a place of punishment, a heaven or a hell, as we ourselves make it.
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There are temptations which strong exercise best enables us to resist.
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To do something, however small, to make others happier and better, is the highest ambition, the most elevating hope, which can inspire a human being.“- Biologist John Lubbock.
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Cultivate all your faculties; you must either use them or lose them.
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Don’t be afraid of showing affection. Be warm and tender, thoughtful and affectionate. Men are more helped by sympathy than by service. Love is more than money, and a kind word will give more pleasure than a present.
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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.
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