Maxioms by Thomas Babington Macaulay
It is good to be often reminded of the inconsistency of human
nature, and to learn to look without read more
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.
The object of oratory alone is not truth, but persuasion.
The object of oratory alone is not truth, but persuasion.
Men of great conversational powers almost universally practise a
sort of lively sophistry and exaggeration which deceives for the read more
Men of great conversational powers almost universally practise a
sort of lively sophistry and exaggeration which deceives for the
moment both themselves and their auditors.
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.
"Sidney Godophin," said Charles (II), "is never in the way and
never out of the way."
"Sidney Godophin," said Charles (II), "is never in the way and
never out of the way."
