The History Of The Past Interests Us

Life Is A Succession Of Lessons Enforced By Immediate Reward, Or, Oftener, By Immediate Chastisement.

Mankind Might Be Divided Between Multitude Who Hate To Be Kept Waiting Because They Get Bored And The Happy Few Who Rather Like It Because It Gives Them Time For Thought.

Whatever We Read From Intense Curiosity Gives Us The Model Of How We Should Always Read. Plodding Along Page After Page With An Equal Attention To Each Word Results In Attention To Mere Words.

Children Have To Be Educated, But They Have Also To Be Left To Educate Themselves.

Every Now And Then We Discover In The Seething Mass Of Humanity Round Us A Person Who Does Not Seem To Need Anybody Else, And The Contrast With Ourselves Is Stinging.