Top 9 Benjamin Jowett Quotes

Logic is neither a science nor an art, but a dodge.

One man is as good as another until he has written a book.

I hope our young men will not grow into such dodgers as these old men are. I believe everything that a young man says to me (p. 250).

Nowhere probably is there more true feeling, and nowhere worse taste, than in a churchyard (p. 244).

[The office of the interpreter] is to read Scripture like any other book.

Doubt comes in at the window, when Inquiry is denied at the door.

Learn just enough of the subject [metaphysics] to enable your mind to get rid of it.

We have sought truth, and sometimes perhaps found it. But have we had any fun?

Research! Research! A mere excuse for idleness; it has never achieved, and will never achieve any results of the slightest value.