37 Quotations by Thomas B. Macaulay
- 1. A church is disaffected when it is persecuted, quiet when it is tolerated, and actively loyal when i ...
![A church is disaffected when it is persecuted, quiet when it is tolerated, and actively loyal when i .... Thomas B. Macaulay.](/img/view.gif)
- 2. A few more days, and this essay will follow the Defensio Populi to the dust and silence of the upper ...
![A few more days, and this essay will follow the Defensio Populi to the dust and silence of the upper .... Thomas B. Macaulay.](/img/view.gif)
- 3. A good constitution is infinitely better than the best despot.
![A good constitution is infinitely better than the best despot.. Thomas B. Macaulay.](/img/view.gif)
- 4. A system in which the two great commandments are to hate your neighbor and to love your neighbor's w ...
![A system in which the two great commandments are to hate your neighbor and to love your neighbor's w .... Thomas B. Macaulay.](/img/view.gif)
- 5. And how can man die better than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his fathers, and the temples o ...
![And how can man die better than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his fathers, and the temples o .... Thomas B. Macaulay.](/img/view.gif)
- 6. Charles V. said that a man who knew four languages was worth four men; and Alexander the Great so va ...
![Charles V. said that a man who knew four languages was worth four men; and Alexander the Great so va .... Thomas B. Macaulay.](/img/view.gif)
- 7. Few of the many wise apothegms which have been uttered have prevented a single foolish action.
![Few of the many wise apothegms which have been uttered have prevented a single foolish action.. Thomas B. Macaulay.](/img/view.gif)
- 8. Generalization is necessary to the advancement of knowledge; but particularly is indispensable to th ...
![Generalization is necessary to the advancement of knowledge; but particularly is indispensable to th .... Thomas B. Macaulay.](/img/view.gif)
- 9. He had a wonderful talent for packing thought close, and rendering it portable.
![He had a wonderful talent for packing thought close, and rendering it portable.. Thomas B. Macaulay.](/img/view.gif)
- 10. 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.](/img/view.gif)
- 11. History, is made up of the bad actions of extraordinary men and woman. All the most noted destroyers ...
![History, is made up of the bad actions of extraordinary men and woman. All the most noted destroyers .... Thomas B. Macaulay.](/img/view.gif)
- 12. 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.](/img/view.gif)
- 13. Language, the machine of the poet, is best fitted for his purpose in its rudest state. Nations, like ...
![Language, the machine of the poet, is best fitted for his purpose in its rudest state. Nations, like .... Thomas B. Macaulay.](/img/view.gif)
- 14. Logicians may reason about abstractions. But the great mass of men must have images. The strong tend ...
![Logicians may reason about abstractions. But the great mass of men must have images. The strong tend .... Thomas B. Macaulay.](/img/view.gif)
- 15. Many politicians are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition that no people oug ...
![Many politicians are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition that no people oug .... Thomas B. Macaulay.](/img/view.gif)
- 16. Nothing is so galling to a people not broken in from the birth as a paternal, or in other words a me ...
![Nothing is so galling to a people not broken in from the birth as a paternal, or in other words a me .... Thomas B. Macaulay.](/img/view.gif)
- 17. 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.](/img/view.gif)
- 18. 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.](/img/view.gif)
- 19. Politeness has been well defined as benevolence in small things.
![Politeness has been well defined as benevolence in small things.. Thomas B. Macaulay.](/img/view.gif)
- 20. 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.](/img/view.gif)
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