A day of worry is more exhausting than a day of work.John Lubbock
“What we see depends mainly on what we look for.”
“What we see depends mainly on what we look for.”
— JOHN LUBBOCK
Banker, politician and polymath · 1834 – 1913
John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, was an English banker, politician, naturalist and author who as an MP introduced the Bank Holidays Act 1871. He wrote popular works on science and the conduct of life, including 'The Pleasures of Life' (1887).
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