Quotes by Gilbert Highet

A teacher must believe in the value and interest of his subject as a doctor believes in health.
– Gilbert Highet
Many people have played themselves to death. Many people have eaten and drunk themselves to death. Nobody ever thought himself to death.
– Gilbert Highet
These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves.
– Gilbert Highet
What is politics but persuading the public to vote for this and support that and endure these for the promise of those?
– Gilbert Highet
A good teacher is a determined person.
– Gilbert Highet