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Thomas B. 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 B. Macaulay Quotes: "It is possible to be below flattery as well as above it. One who trusts nobody will not trust sycophants. One who does not value real glory will not value its counterfeit."

It is possible to be below flattery as well as above it. One who trusts nobody will not trust sycophants. One who does not value real glory will not value its counterfeit.




Thomas B. Macaulay Quotes: "Finesse is the best adaptation of means to circumstances."

Finesse is the best adaptation of means to circumstances.



Thomas B. 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 B. 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 B. Macaulay Quotes: "The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators."

The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.



Thomas B. Macaulay Quotes: "Ye diners out from whom we guard our spoons."

Ye diners out from whom we guard our spoons.




Thomas B. Macaulay Quotes: "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."

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.



Thomas B. Macaulay Quotes: "Your Constitution is all sail and no anchor."

Your Constitution is all sail and no anchor.



Thomas B. Macaulay Quotes: "I have seen the hippopotamus, both asleep and awake; and I can assure you that, awake or asleep, he is the ugliest of the works of God."

I have seen the hippopotamus, both asleep and awake; and I can assure you that, awake or asleep, he is the ugliest of the works of God.



Thomas B. Macaulay Quotes: "The conformation of his mind was such that whatever was little seemed to him great, and whatever was great seemed to him little."

The conformation of his mind was such that whatever was little seemed to him great, and whatever was great seemed to him little.



Thomas B. Macaulay Quotes: "Every generation enjoys the use of a vast hoard bequeathed to it by antiquity, and transmits that hoard, augmented by fresh acquisitions, to future ages."

Every generation enjoys the use of a vast hoard bequeathed to it by antiquity, and transmits that hoard, augmented by fresh acquisitions, to future ages.




Thomas B. Macaulay Quotes: "Men of great conversational powers almost universally practise a sort of lively sophistry and exaggeration which deceives for the moment both themselves and their auditors."

Men of great conversational powers almost universally practise a sort of lively sophistry and exaggeration which deceives for the moment both themselves and their auditors.



Thomas B. Macaulay Quotes: "A man who should act, for one day, on the supposition that all the people about him were influenced by the religion which they professed would find himself ruined by night."

A man who should act, for one day, on the supposition that all the people about him were influenced by the religion which they professed would find himself ruined by night.



Thomas B. Macaulay Quotes: "Nothing is so useless as a general maxim."

Nothing is so useless as a general maxim.



Thomas B. Macaulay Quotes: "A history in which every particular incident may be true may on the whole be false."

A history in which every particular incident may be true may on the whole be false.



Thomas B. Macaulay Quotes: "He had a head which statuaries loved to copy, and a foot the deformity of which the beggars in the streets mimicked."

He had a head which statuaries loved to copy, and a foot the deformity of which the beggars in the streets mimicked.



Thomas B. Macaulay Quotes: "The Orientals have another word for accident; it is "kismet,"--fate."

The Orientals have another word for accident; it is "kismet,"--fate.



Thomas B. Macaulay Quotes: "A page digested is better than a volume hurriedly read."

A page digested is better than a volume hurriedly read.



Thomas B. Macaulay Quotes: "The impenetrable stupidity of Prince George (son-in-law of James II) served his turn. It was his habit, when any news was told him, to exclaim, "Est il possible?"-"Is it possible?""

The impenetrable stupidity of Prince George (son-in-law of James II) served his turn. It was his habit, when any news was told him, to exclaim, "Est il possible?"-"Is it possible?"



Thomas B. Macaulay Quotes: "The most beautiful object in the world, it will be allowed, is a beautiful woman."

The most beautiful object in the world, it will be allowed, is a beautiful woman.



Thomas B. 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 B. 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 B. Macaulay Quotes: "That wonderful book, while it obtains admiration from the most fastidious critics, is loved by those who are too simple to admire it."

That wonderful book, while it obtains admiration from the most fastidious critics, is loved by those who are too simple to admire it.



Thomas B. Macaulay Quotes: "What proposition is there respecting human nature which is absolutely and universally true? We know of only one,--and that is not only true, but identical,--that men always act from self-interest."

What proposition is there respecting human nature which is absolutely and universally true? We know of only one,--and that is not only true, but identical,--that men always act from self-interest.



Thomas B. Macaulay Quotes: "Perhaps no person can be a poet, or can even enjoy poetry, without a certain unsoundness of mind."

Perhaps no person can be a poet, or can even enjoy poetry, without a certain unsoundness of mind.



Thomas B. Macaulay Quotes: "By poetry we mean the art of employing of words in such a manner as to produce an illusion on the imagination; the art of doing by means of words, what the painter does by means of colors."

By poetry we mean the art of employing of words in such a manner as to produce an illusion on the imagination; the art of doing by means of words, what the painter does by means of colors.



Thomas B. 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 B. Macaulay Quotes: "Our judgment ripens; our imagination decays. We cannot at once enjoy the flowers of the Spring of life and the fruits of its Autumn."

Our judgment ripens; our imagination decays. We cannot at once enjoy the flowers of the Spring of life and the fruits of its Autumn.



Thomas B. Macaulay Quotes: "This is the highest miracle of genius, that things which are not should be as though they were, that the imaginations of one mind should become the personal recollections of another."

This is the highest miracle of genius, that things which are not should be as though they were, that the imaginations of one mind should become the personal recollections of another.



Thomas B. 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 B. Macaulay Quotes: "Generalization is necessary to the advancement of knowledge; but particularity is indispensable to the creations of the imagination."

Generalization is necessary to the advancement of knowledge; but particularity is indispensable to the creations of the imagination.



Thomas B. Macaulay Quotes: "Parent of sweetest sounds, yet mute forever."

Parent of sweetest sounds, yet mute forever.



Thomas B. Macaulay Quotes: "Politeness has been well defined as benevolence in small things."

Politeness has been well defined as benevolence in small things.



Thomas B. Macaulay Quotes: "I have long been convinced that institutions purely democratic must, sooner or later, destroy liberty or civilization, or both."

I have long been convinced that institutions purely democratic must, sooner or later, destroy liberty or civilization, or both.



Thomas B. Macaulay Quotes: "The whole history of Christianity proves that she has little indeed to fear from persecution as a foe, but much to fear from persecution as an ally."

The whole history of Christianity proves that she has little indeed to fear from persecution as a foe, but much to fear from persecution as an ally.



Thomas B. 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 B. Macaulay Quotes: "I shall cheerfully bear the reproach of having descended below the dignity of history."

I shall cheerfully bear the reproach of having descended below the dignity of history.



Thomas B. Macaulay Quotes: "Logicians may reason about abstractions. But the great mass of men must have images. The strong tendency of the multitude in all ages and nations to idolatry can be explained on no other principle."

Logicians may reason about abstractions. But the great mass of men must have images. The strong tendency of the multitude in all ages and nations to idolatry can be explained on no other principle.



Thomas B. Macaulay Quotes: "A church is disaffected when it is persecuted, quiet when it is tolerated, and actively loyal when it is favored and cherished."

A church is disaffected when it is persecuted, quiet when it is tolerated, and actively loyal when it is favored and cherished.



Thomas B. Macaulay Quotes: "He [Charles II] was utterly without ambition. He detested business, and would sooner have abdicated his crown than have undergone the trouble of really directing the administration."

He [Charles II] was utterly without ambition. He detested business, and would sooner have abdicated his crown than have undergone the trouble of really directing the administration.



Thomas B. Macaulay Quotes: "In Plato's opinion, man was made for philosophy; in Bacon's opinion, philosophy was made for man."

In Plato's opinion, man was made for philosophy; in Bacon's opinion, philosophy was made for man.



Thomas B. Macaulay Quotes: "The reluctant obedience of distant provinces generally costs more than it - The Territory is worth. Empires which branch out widely are often more flourishing for a little timely pruning."

The reluctant obedience of distant provinces generally costs more than it - The Territory is worth. Empires which branch out widely are often more flourishing for a little timely pruning.



Thomas B. Macaulay Quotes: "History distinguishes what is accidental and transitory in human nature from what is essential and immutable."

History distinguishes what is accidental and transitory in human nature from what is essential and immutable.



Thomas B. 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 B. Macaulay Quotes: "A system in which the two great commandments are to hate your neighbor and to love your neighbor's wife."

A system in which the two great commandments are to hate your neighbor and to love your neighbor's wife.



Thomas B. Macaulay Quotes: "Reform, that we may preserve."

Reform, that we may preserve.



Thomas B. Macaulay Quotes: "History begins in novel and ends in essay."

History begins in novel and ends in essay.



Thomas B. 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.