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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It is, I believe, no exaggeration to say that all the historical information which has been collected from all the books written in the Sanskrit language is less valuable than what may be found in the most paltry abridgement used at preparatory schools in England.
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Only imagine a man acting for one single day on the supposition that all his neighbors believe all that they profess, and act up to all that they believe!
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The maxim, that governments ought to train the people in the way in which they should go, sounds well. But is there any reason for believing that a government is more likely to lead the people in the right way than the people to fall into the right way of themselves?
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I shall not be satisfied unless I produce something that shall for a few days supersede the last fashionable novel on the tables of young ladies.
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Was none who would be foremost To lead such dire attack; But those behind cried "Forward!" And those before cried "Back!
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History begins in novel and ends in essay.
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From the poetry of Lord Byron they drew a system of ethics, compounded of misanthropy and voluptuousness, in which the two great commandments were, to hate your neighbor, and to love your neighbor's wife
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Obadiah Bind - their - kings - in - chains - and -their - nobles - with - links - of - iron.
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Few of the many wise apothegms, which have been uttered from the time of the seven sages of Greece to that of poor Richard, have prevented a single foolish action
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Now who will stand on either hand / And keep the bridge with me?
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We have heard it said that five per cent is the natural interest of money.
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An acre in Middlesex is better than a principality in Utopia
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A propensity which, for want of a better name, we will venture to christen Boswellism.
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He . . . felt towards those whom he had deserted that peculiar malignity which has, in all ages, been characteristic of apostates.