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Quote by John Lubbock
Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under tree

Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summers day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time. – John Lubbock

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The important thing is not so much that every child should be taught, as that every child should be given the wish to learn. – John Lubbock

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A wise system of education will at last teach us how little man yet knows, how much he has still to learn. – John Lubbock

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