Authors
Topics
Lists
Pictures
Resources
More about George Bowen
George Bowen Quotes
1 Sourced Quote
Source
Report...
The man who receives gifts from God, receives an appointment from God; namely, that of donor; and the wisdom to discharge the functions connected with this appointment will surely not be withheld, if it be ingenuously asked.
George Bowen
Quote of the day
Morality comes with the sad wisdom of age, when the sense of curiosity has withered.
Graham Greene
George Bowen
Creative Commons
Born:
November 2, 1821
Died:
February 21, 1899
(aged 77)
Bio:
Sir George Ferguson Bowen, GCMG was a British author and colonial administrator whose appointments included postings to the Ionian Islands, Queensland, New Zealand, Victoria, Mauritius and Hong Kong.
George Bowen on Wikipedia
George Bowen works on Wikisource
Suggest an edit or a new quote
Featured Authors
Lists
Predictions that didn't happen
If it's on the Internet it must be true
Remarkable Last Words (or Near-Last Words)
Picture Quotes
Confucius
Philip James Bailey
Eleanor Roosevelt
Letitia Elizabeth Landon
Popular Topics
life
love
nature
time
god
power
human
mind
work
art
heart
thought
men
day
×
Lib Quotes
