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...
distance rome government
It is certain that satirical poems were common at Rome from a very early period. The rustics, who lived at a distance from the seat of government, and took little part in the strife of factions, gave vent to their petty local animosities in coarse Fescennine verse.
sound praise
The sweeter sound of woman's praise.
mountain firsts dawn
The highest intellects, like the tops of mountains, are the first to catch and to reflect the dawn.
humanity mind looks
It is good to be often reminded of the inconsistency of human nature, and to learn to look without wonder or disgust on the weaknesses which are found in the strongest minds.
silence temples graves
The temple of silence and reconciliation.
spoons diners eating
Ye diners out from whom we guard our spoons.
pride people achievement
People who take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote descendants.
revolution violent outrage
We deplore the outrages which accompany revolutions. But the more violent the outrages, the more assured we feel that a revolution was necessary.
mind littles little-minds
The conformation of his mind was such that whatever was little seemed to him great, and whatever was great seemed to him little.
future age use
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.
cent five heard interest natural per
We have heard it said that five per cent is the natural interest of money.
acre utopia
An acre in Middlesex is better than a principality in Utopia