Blogs

For those to whom much is given, much is required

16th September 2019

We do not learn for school but for life

9th September 2019

Youth is wasted on the young (George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950)

10th June 2019

Virtue is its own reward (16th Century)

10th June 2019

Why should we be good? Perhaps when you were little you were offered a carrot (staying up a bit later), or a stick (confined to your bedroom), in order to make you do what your parents considered good behaviour. And if you asked ‘why?’ it is likely that they invoked their innate authority and said, ‘because I say so’, which when my father said it was quite enough for me!

You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make him drink (12th Century)

20th May 2019

I may disagree with what you have to say but I shall defend your right to say it  (Attributed to Voltaire but written by Evelyn Beatrice Hall)

10th May 2019