Benjamin Jowett Quotes

United Kingdom, Theologian
April 15, 1817 – October, 1, 1893.

Benjamin Jowett (15 April 1817 – 1 October 1893) was renowned as an influential tutor and administrative reformer in the University of Oxford, a theologian and translator of Plato and Thucydides. He was Master of Balliol College, Oxford

Also known as Translator

Doubt comes in at the window, when Inquiry is denied at the door.

Benjamin Jowett
- Doubt
- Door
Research! Research! A mere excuse for idleness; it has never achieved, and will never achieve any results of the slightest value.

Benjamin Jowett
- Value

We have sought truth, and sometimes perhaps found it. But have we had any fun?

Benjamin Jowett
- Truth
- Fun
Nowhere probably is there more true feeling, and nowhere worse taste, than in a churchyard (p. 244).

Benjamin Jowett
- True
- Feeling