We must ask the right questions
Posted by Samantha on April 1, 2011 in Thought for the day |
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A father inquires whether his boy can construe Homer, if he understands Horace, and can taste Virgil; but how seldom does he ask, or examine, or think whether he can restrain his passions,—whether he is grateful, generous, humane, compassionate, just and benevolent.
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Lady Mary Hervey, British aristocrat (1700–1768)
