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“Seven hours to law, to soothing slumber seven, Ten to the world allot, and all to heaven.”
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William Jones
Source : Lines in substitution for Sir Edward Coke's lines: 'Six hours in sleep...', in Lord Teignmouth 'Life of Sir W. Jones' (1835) vol. 2.
#Time Quotes
#Law Quotes
#Heaven Quotes
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“The only road to the highest stations in this country is that of the law.”
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William Jones
Source : William Jones, John Shore (1807). “The Works of Sir William Jones”, p.163
#Country Quotes
#Law Quotes
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“The Bible is the light of my understanding, the joy of my heart, the fullness of my hope, the clarified of my affections, the mirror of my thoughts, the consoler of my sorrows, the guide of my soul through this gloomy labyrinth of time, the telescope went from heaven to reveal to the eye of man the amazing glories of the far distant world.”
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William Jones
#Bible Quotes
#Christian Quotes
#Heart Quotes
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“The Sanskrit language, whatever be its antiquity is of wonderful structure, more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin and more exquisitely refined than either.”
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William Jones
Source : "The Third Anniversary Discourse, on the Hindus" (1786)
#Latin Quotes
#Perfect Quotes
#Greek Quotes
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“Never neglect an opportunity for improvement.”
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William Jones
#Hard Work Quotes
#Opportunity Quotes
#Self Improvement Quotes
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“I am no Hindu, but I hold the doctrine of the Hindus concerning a future state (rebirth) to be incomparably more rational, more pious, and more likely to deter men from vice than the horrid opinions inculcated by Christians on punishments without end.”
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William Jones
#Christian Quotes
#Men Quotes
#Vices Quotes
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“Live as if you already are what you wish to become.”
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William Jones
#Wish Quotes
#Ifs Quotes
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“Cruelty to dumb animals is one of the distinguishing vices of low and base minds. Wherever it is found, it is a certain mark of ignorance and meanness; a mark which all the external advantages of wealth, splendour, and nobility, cannot obliterate. It is consistent neither with learning nor true civility.”
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William Jones
#Ignorance Quotes
#Animal Quotes
#Dumb Quotes
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“My opinion is, that power should always be distrusted, in whatever hands it is placed.”
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William Jones
Source : Letter to Lord Althorpe, 5 October 1782, in Lord Teignmouth 'Life of Sir W. Jones' (1835) vol. 1
#Hands Quotes
#Opinion Quotes
#Should Quotes
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“In the whisper of the leaves appears an interchange of love.”
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William Jones
#Interchange Quotes
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“Wherever we direct our attention to Hindu literature the notion of infinity presents itself.”
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William Jones
Source : William Jones (1792). “Dissertations and miscellaneous pieces relating to the history and antiquities, the arts, sciences, and literature, of Asia”, p.118
#Attention Quotes
#Literature Quotes
#Infinity Quotes
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“An experiment in nature, like a text in the Bible, is capable of different interpretations, according to the preconceptions of the interpreter.”
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William Jones
Source : William Jones (1801). “The Theological, Philosophical and Miscellaneous Works of the Rev. William Jones ...: To which is Prefixed a Short Account of His Life and Writings”, p.286
#Nature Quotes
#Science Quotes
#Different Quotes
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“Of all the things that it is possible to donate, to donate your own body is infinitely more worthwhile.”
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William Jones
#Body Quotes
#Helping Quotes
#Public Service Quotes
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“I have carefully and regularly perused the Holy Scriptures, and am of opinion that the volume contains more sublimity, purer morality, more important history, and finer strains of eloquence, than can be collected from all other books, in whatever language they may have been written.”
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William Jones
Source : William Jones (1821). “Letters: Chronologically Arranged from Lord Teignmouth's Collection”, p.170
#Book Quotes
#Important Quotes
#May Quotes
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“[I]n every part of this eastern world, from Pekin to Damascus, the popular teachers of moral wisdom have immemorially been poets.”
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William Jones
Source : Sir William Jones (1875). “Eleven Discourses: Containing His Anniversary Addresses on History, Civil and Natural, the Antiquities, Arts, Sciences and Literature of Asia”, p.129
#Teacher Quotes
#Poetry Quotes
#World Quotes
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“Go boldly forth, my simple lay,Whose accents flow with artless ease,Like orient pearls at random strung.”
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William Jones
Source : Sir William Jones (1783). “A Grammar of the Persian Language ... The third edition, with an index”, p.134
#Simple Quotes
#Ease Quotes
#Pearls Quotes
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