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Thomas Babington Macaulay quotes: The effect of violent dislike between groups has always created an indifference to the welfare and honor of the state. The effect of violent dislike between groups has always created an indifference to the welfare and honor of the state.
Thomas Babington Macaulay quotes: Nothing except the mint can make money without advertising. Nothing except the mint can make money without advertising.
Thomas Babington Macaulay quotes: The best portraits are those in which there is a slight mixture of caricature. The best portraits are those in which there is a slight mixture of caricature.
Thomas Babington Macaulay quotes: I shall not be satisfied unless I produce something which shall for a few days supersede the last fashionable novel on the tables of young ladies. I shall not be satisfied unless I produce something which shall for a few days supersede the last fashionable novel on the tables of young ladies.
Thomas Babington Macaulay quotes: A great writer is the friend and benefactor of his readers. A great writer is the friend and benefactor of his readers.
Thomas Babington Macaulay quotes: Reform, that we may preserve. Reform, that we may preserve.
Thomas Babington Macaulay quotes: American democracy must be a failure because it places the supreme authority in the hands of the poorest and most ignorant part of the society. American democracy must be a failure because it places the supreme authority in the hands of the poorest and most ignorant part of the society.
Thomas Babington Macaulay quotes: The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out. The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.
Thomas Babington Macaulay quotes: There is only one cure for the evils which newly acquired freedom produces, and that cure is freedom. There is only one cure for the evils which newly acquired freedom produces, and that cure is freedom.
Thomas Babington Macaulay quotes: What a blessing it is to love books as I love them;- to be able to converse with the dead, and to live amidst the unreal! What a blessing it is to love books as I love them;- to be able to converse with the dead, and to live amidst the unreal!
Thomas Babington Macaulay quotes: The object of oratory alone in not truth, but persuasion. The object of oratory alone in not truth, but persuasion.
Thomas Babington Macaulay quotes: Temple was a man of the world amongst men of letters, a man of letters amongst men of the world. Temple was a man of the world amongst men of letters, a man of letters amongst men of the world.
Thomas Babington Macaulay quotes: The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless power without abusing it. The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless power without abusing it.
Thomas Babington Macaulay quotes: Nothing is so useless as a general maxim. Nothing is so useless as a general maxim.
Thomas Babington Macaulay quotes: We hold that the most wonderful and splendid proof of genius is a great poem produced in a civilized age. We hold that the most wonderful and splendid proof of genius is a great poem produced in a civilized age.
Thomas Babington Macaulay quotes: A good constitution is infinitely better than the best despot. A good constitution is infinitely better than the best despot.
Thomas Babington Macaulay quotes: Pour, varlet, pour the waterThe water steaming hot!A spoonful for each man of usAnother for the pot! Pour, varlet, pour the water
The water steaming hot!
A spoonful for each man of us
Another for the pot!
Thomas Babington Macaulay quotes: She thoroughly understands what no other Church has ever understood, how to deal with enthusiasts. She thoroughly understands what no other Church has ever understood, how to deal with enthusiasts.
Thomas Babington Macaulay quotes: I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read
Thomas Babington Macaulay quotes: Perhaps no person can be a poet, or even enjoy poetry, without a certain unsoundness of mind. Perhaps no person can be a poet, or even enjoy poetry, without a certain unsoundness of mind.
Thomas Babington Macaulay quotes: Your Constitution is all sail and no anchor. Your Constitution is all sail and no anchor.
Thomas Babington Macaulay quotes: To sum up the whole, we should say that the aim of the Platonic philosophy was to exalt man into a god. To sum up the whole, we should say that the aim of the Platonic philosophy was to exalt man into a god.
Thomas Babington Macaulay quotes: He was a rake among scholars, and a scholar among rakes. He was a rake among scholars, and a scholar among rakes.
Thomas Babington Macaulay quotes: People crushed by law have no hopes but from power. If laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to laws. People crushed by law have no hopes but from power. If laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to laws.
Thomas Babington Macaulay quotes: And how can man die better than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his Gods?Read more at And how can man die better than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his Gods?
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Thomas Babington Macaulay quotes: Men are never so likely to settle a question rightly as when they discuss it freely. Men are never so likely to settle a question rightly as when they discuss it freely.
Thomas Babington Macaulay quotes: He had a wonderful talent for packing thought close, and rendering it portable. He had a wonderful talent for packing thought close, and rendering it portable.
Thomas Babington Macaulay quotes: I would rather be a poor man in a garret with plenty of books than a king who did not love reading. I would rather be a poor man in a garret with plenty of books than a king who did not love reading.
Thomas Babington Macaulay quotes: An acre in Middlesex is better than a principality in Utopia. An acre in Middlesex is better than a principality in Utopia.
Thomas Babington Macaulay quotes: Turn where we may, within, around, the voice of great events is proclaiming to us, Reform, that you may preserve! Turn where we may, within, around, the voice of great events is proclaiming to us, Reform, that you may preserve!
Thomas Babington Macaulay quotes: The gallery in which the reporters sit has become a fourth estate of the realm. The gallery in which the reporters sit has become a fourth estate of the realm.
Thomas Babington Macaulay quotes: Persecution produced its natural effect on them. It found them a sect; it made them a faction. Persecution produced its natural effect on them. It found them a sect; it made them a faction.
Thomas Babington Macaulay quotes: That is the best government which desires to make the people happy, and knows how to make them happy. That is the best government which desires to make the people happy, and knows how to make them happy.
Thomas Babington Macaulay quotes: The knowledge of the theory of logic has no tendency whatever to make men good reasoners. The knowledge of the theory of logic has no tendency whatever to make men good reasoners.
Thomas Babington Macaulay quotes: The Puritans hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators. The Puritans hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.
Thomas Babington Macaulay quotes: Few of the many wise apothegms which have been uttered have prevented a single foolish action. Few of the many wise apothegms which have been uttered have prevented a single foolish action.
Thomas Babington Macaulay quotes: A single breaker may recede; but the tide is evidently coming in. A single breaker may recede; but the tide is evidently coming in.
Thomas Babington Macaulay quotes: The object of oratory alone is not truth, but persuasion. The object of oratory alone is not truth, but persuasion.
Thomas Babington Macaulay quotes: There were gentlemen and there were seamen in the navy of Charles the Second. But the seamen were not gentlemen; and the gentlemen were not seamen. There were gentlemen and there were seamen in the navy of Charles the Second. But the seamen were not gentlemen; and the gentlemen were not seamen.
Thomas Babington Macaulay quotes: We know no spectacle so ridiculous as the British public in one of its periodical fits of morality. We know no spectacle so ridiculous as the British public in one of its periodical fits of morality.

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