Gilbert Highet Quotes

1906–1978 Scotland

Gilbert Arthur Highet (June 22, 1906 – January 20, 1978) was a Scottish-American classicist, academic, writer, intellectual, critic and literary historian.

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The aim of those who try to control thought is always the same. They find one single explanation of the world, one system of thought and action that will (they believe) cover everything; and then they try to impose that on all thinking people.

Man's Unconquerable Mind (1954)

Do not try to make the brilliant pupil a replica of yourself.

The Art of Teaching (1950)

Nobody has ever thought himself to death. The chief danger confronting us is not age. It is laziness, sloth, routine, stupidity, — forcing their way in like wind through the shutters, seeping into the cellar like swamp water.

The Immortal Profession: The Joys of Teaching and Learning (1976)

The chief aim of education is to show you, after you make a livelihood, how to enjoy living; and you can live longest and best and most rewardingly by attaining and preserving the happiness of learning.

The Immortal Profession: The Joys of Teaching and Learning (1976)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Gilbert Highet (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.