Maxioms by Thomas Babington Macaulay
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.
"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."
There were gentlemen and there were seamen in the navy of Charles
the Second. But the seamen were not read more
There were gentlemen and there were seamen in the navy of Charles
the Second. But the seamen were not gentlemen; and the gentlemen
were not seamen.
Everybody's business is nobody's business.
Everybody's business is nobody's business.
. . . A man of the world amongst men of letters, a man of letters
amongst men of read more
. . . A man of the world amongst men of letters, a man of letters
amongst men of the world.
