“Few of the many wise apothegms which have been uttered have prevented a single foolish action.”
— Thomas B. Macaulay
Author: Thomas B. Macaulay
Category: wisdom
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To that class we may leave it
“To that class we may leave it to refine the vernacular dialects of the country, to enrich those dialects with terms of science borrowed from the Western nomenclature, and to render them by degrees fit vehicles for conveying knowledge to the great mass of the population.”
— Thomas B. Macaulay
Author: Thomas B. Macaulay
Category: science
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To that class we may leave it
“To that class we may leave it to refine the vernacular dialects of the country, to enrich those dialects with terms of science borrowed from the Western nomenclature, and to render them by degrees fit vehicles for conveying knowledge to the great mass of the population.”
— Thomas B. Macaulay
Author: Thomas B. Macaulay
Category: knowledge
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Many politicians are in the habit of
“Many politicians are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story who resolved not to go into the water till he had learned to swim.”
— Thomas B. Macaulay
Author: Thomas B. Macaulay
Category: freedom
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Many politicians are in the habit of
“Many politicians are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story who resolved not to go into the water till he had learned to swim.”
— Thomas B. Macaulay
Author: Thomas B. Macaulay
Category: politics
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The English Bible – a book which,
“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.”
— Thomas B. Macaulay
Author: Thomas B. Macaulay
Category: alone
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The knowledge of the theory of logic
“The knowledge of the theory of logic has no tendency whatever to make men good reasoners.”
— Thomas B. Macaulay
Author: Thomas B. Macaulay
Category: knowledge
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There is only one cure for the
“There is only one cure for the evils which newly acquired freedom produces, and that cure is freedom.”
— Thomas B. Macaulay
Author: Thomas B. Macaulay
Category: freedom
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Perhaps no person can be a poet,
“Perhaps no person can be a poet, or even enjoy poetry, without a certain unsoundness of mind.”
— Thomas B. Macaulay
Author: Thomas B. Macaulay
Category: poetry
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The object of oratory alone in not
“The object of oratory alone in not truth, but persuasion.”
— Thomas B. Macaulay
Author: Thomas B. Macaulay
Category: alone
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The English Bible – a book which,
“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.”
— Thomas B. Macaulay
Author: Thomas B. Macaulay
Category: beauty
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