Gilbert Highet Quotes

A teacher must believe in the value and interest of his subject as a doctor believes in health.
Gilbert Highet

Teacher, Health, Value

These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves.
Gilbert Highet

Minds, Alive, Books

A good teacher is a determined person.
Gilbert Highet

Good, Teacher, Person

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

Power, Real, Enjoy

Many people have played themselves to death. Many people have eaten and drunk themselves to death. Nobody ever thought himself to death.
Gilbert Highet

Death, Drunk, Thought

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

Living, Old, Become

The relation between parents and children is essentially based on teaching.
Gilbert Highet

Children, Parents, Between

What is politics but persuading the public to vote for this and support that and endure these for the promise of those?
Gilbert Highet

Politics, Vote, Support

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Biography

Nationality: Scottish

Type: Writer

Born: June 22, 1906

Died: 1978

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