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Nicholas Murray Butler Quotes


An American philosopher, diplomat, and educator. 
Nicholas Murray Butler (April 2, 1862 – December 7, 1947) was an American philosopher, diplomat, and educator. Butler was president of Columbia University, president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. He became so well-known and respected that The New York Times printed his Christmas greeting to the nation every year.

Here are some famous quotes by Nicholas Murray Butler.

Necessity does the work of courage.

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Optimism is the foundation of courage.

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This was the penn'worth of his thought.

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America is the best half-educated country in the world.

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An expert is one who knows more and more about less and less.

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The forty-four-hour week has no charm for me. I'm looking for a forty-hour day.

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To swallow gudgeons ere they're catch'd And count their chickens ere they're hatch'd.

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Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and of true progress.

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A degenerate nobleman or one that is proud of his birth is like a turnip. There is nothing good of him but that which is underground.