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...
love book simple
That wonderful book, while it obtains admiration from the most fastidious critics, is loved by those who are too simple to admire it.
book men ignorant
This is the best book ever written by any man on the wrong side of a question of which he is profoundly ignorant.
book heart men
The hearts of men are their books; events are their tutors; great actions are their eloquence.
book choices library
Books are becoming everything to me. If I had at this moment any choice in life, I would bury myself in one of those immense libraries...and never pass a waking hour without a book before me.
book blessing able
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!
book believe school
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.
book literature western
Western literature has been more influenced by the Bible than any other book.
beautiful kings book
If anybody would make me the greatest king that ever lived, with palaces, and gardens and fine dinners, and wine, and coaches, and beautiful clothes, and hundreds of servants, on condition that I would not read books, I would not be a king.
book language should
The English Bible - a book which, if everything else in our language should perish, would alone suffice to show the whole extent of its beauty and power.
latin book years
In the modern languages there was not, six hundred years ago, a single volume which is now read. The library of our profound scholar must have consisted entirely of Latin books.
kings book desire
I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read.
days few last novel produce satisfied shall tables unless
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.
confusion would-be behinds
Was none who would be foremost To lead such dire attack; But those behind cried "Forward!" And those before cried "Back!
history ends novel
History begins in novel and ends in essay.