Gilbert Highet Quotes

"The relation between parents and children is essentially based on teaching."
- Gilbert Highet
(Related: Children, Parents, Teaching)

"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
(Related: Power, Soul, Wealth, Duty, Man, Needs)

"Many people have played themselves to death. Many people have eaten and drunk themselves to death. Nobody ever thought himself to death."
- Gilbert Highet
(Related: Death, Thought, People)

"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
(Related: Language, Living)

"A teacher must believe in the value and interest of his subject as a doctor believes in health."
- Gilbert Highet
(Related: Health, Interest, Value)

"A good teacher is a determined person."
- Gilbert Highet

"What is politics but persuading the public to vote for this and support that and endure these for the promise of those?"
- Gilbert Highet
(Related: Politics, Promise, Public, Support, Vote)