Sir John Lubbock

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"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."	Art, Books, Education
"Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us; and true progress is to know more, and be more, and to do more."	Ambition, Honesty, Knowledge
"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."	Change, Lies, Time
"The important thing is not so much that every child should be taught, as that every child should be given the wish to learn."	Hope, Learning, Wishing
"What we see depends mainly on what we look for."	Miscellaneous
"When important decisions have to be taken, the natural anxiety to come to a right decision will often keep you awake. Nothing, however, is more conducive to healthful sleep than plenty of open air."	Decision-Making, Sleeping

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