Thomas B. Macaulay
Thomas B. Macaulay
Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay, PCwas a British historian and Whig politician. He wrote extensively as an essayist and reviewer; his books on British history have been hailed as literary masterpieces. He was a member of the Babington family by virtue of his aunt's marriage to Thomas Babington...
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Nothing except the mint can make money without advertising.
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Nothing is so galling to a people not broken in from birth as a paternal, or, in other words, a meddling government, a government which tells them what to read, and say, and eat, and drink and wear.
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The best portraits are those in which there is a slight mixture of caricature.
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A good constitution is infinitely better than the best despot.
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I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read.
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People crushed by law have no hopes but from power. If laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to laws.
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The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.