All serious conversations gravitate towards philosophy. Ernest Dimnet conversationgravitatephilosophy Change image and share on social
Americans cannot realize how many chances for mental improvement they lose by their inveterate habit of keeping six conversations when there are twelve in the room. Ernest Dimnet americanchanceconversation Change image and share on social
Most people suspend their judgment till somebody else has expressed his own and then they repeat it. Ernest Dimnet expressjudgmentpeople Change image and share on social
Children have to be educated, but they have also to be left to educate themselves. Ernest Dimnet childeducateleave Change image and share on social
Life is a succession of lessons enforced by immediate reward, or, oftener, by immediate chastisement. Ernest Dimnet chastisementenforcelesson Change image and share on social
The history of the past interests us only in so far as it illuminates the history of the present. Ernest Dimnet historyilluminateinterest Change image and share on social
Architecture, of all the arts, is the one which acts the most slowly, but the most surely, on the soul. Ernest Dimnet actarchitectureart Change image and share on social
The happiness of most people is not ruined by great catastrophes or fatal errors, but by the repetition of slowly destructive little things. Ernest Dimnet catastrophedestructiveerror Change image and share on social
A book, like a landscape, is a state of consciousness varying with readers. Ernest Dimnet bookconsciousnesslandscape Change image and share on social
