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...
counting sects
The effective strength of sects is not to be ascertained merely by counting heads.
sunday should-have people
If the Sunday had not been observed as a day of rest during the last three centuries, I have not the slightest doubt that we should have been at this moment a poorer people and less civilized.
party men looks
Men naturally sympathize with the calamities of individuals; but they are inclined to look on a fallen party with contempt rather than with pity.
historical essentials human-nature
History distinguishes what is accidental and transitory in human nature from what is essential and immutable.
anchors sailing constitution
Your Constitution is all sail and no anchor.
steps leap
Knowledge advances by steps, and not by leaps.
time cost 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.
philosophical vocabulary people
Language, the machine of the poet, is best fitted for his purpose in its rudest state. Nations, like individuals, first perceive, and then abstract. They advance from particular images to general terms. Hence the vocabulary of an enlightened society is philosophical, that of a half-civilized people is poetical.
church deals catholicism
She thoroughly understands what no other Church has ever understood, how to deal with enthusiasts.
wine hands feet
Oh, wherefore come ye forth in triumph from the north, With your hands, and your feet, and your raiment all red? And wherefore doth your rout send forth a joyous shout? And whence be the grapes of the wine-press which ye tread?
trust doctrine public-trust
The English doctrine that all power is a trust for the public good.
aging rivalry
With the dead there is no rivalry, with the dead there is no change.
honor groups conflict
The effect of violent dislike between groups has always created an indifference to the welfare and honor of the state.
ignorance learning half
Half-knowledge is worse than ignorance.