Thomas Babington Macaulay

Parent of sweetest sounds, yet mute forever.

Parent of sweetest sounds, yet mute forever.

We know no spectacle so ridiculous as the British public in one
of its periodical fits of morality.

We know no spectacle so ridiculous as the British public in one
of its periodical fits of morality.

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

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

The English doctrine that all power is a trust for the public
good.

The English doctrine that all power is a trust for the public
good.

I don't mind your thinking slowly; I mind your publishing faster
than you think.

I don't mind your thinking slowly; I mind your publishing faster
than you think.