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01Undated

What a blessing it is to love books as I love them;- to be able to converse with the dead, and to live amidst the unreal!

Thomas Babington Macaulay / quote

02Undated

Then none was for a party;Then all were for the state;Then the great man helped the poor,And the poor man loved the great;Then lands were fairly proportioned;Then spoils were fairly sold;The Romans were like brothersIn the brave days of old.

Thomas Babington Macaulay / quote

03Undated

Thus spake brave Horatius, the captain of the gate. To all men upon this Earth, death cometh soon or late. And what better way to die, than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of ones' fathers, and the temples of ones' G/Ds? For the tender mother, who dandled him to rest. And for the wife, who nurses his baby at her breast. And for the holy maidens, who feed the eternal flame. To save them from false sextus, that wrought the deed of shame. Lay down the bridge, Sir Consul, with all the speed ye may. I, with two more at either side, shall hold the foe in play. In Yon straight path a thousand may well be stop by three. Now who will stand on either hand and hold the bridge with me?

Thomas Babington Macaulay / quote

04Undated

Pour, varlet, pour the waterThe water steaming hot!A spoonful for each man of usAnother for the pot!

Thomas Babington Macaulay / quote

05Undated

It seems that the creative faculty and the critical faculty cannot exist together in their highest perfection.

Thomas Babington Macaulay / quote

06Undated

The highest intellects like the tops of mountains are the first to catch and to reflect the dawn.

Thomas Babington Macaulay / quote

07Undated

The object of oratory alone is not truth but persuasion.

Thomas Babington Macaulay / quote

08Undated

American democracy must be a failure because it places the supreme authority in the hands of the poorest and most ignorant part of the society.

Thomas Babington Macaulay / quote

09Undated

And how can man die better than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his Gods?

Thomas Babington Macaulay / quote

10Undated

The object of oratory alone in not truth, but persuasion.

Thomas Babington Macaulay / quote

11Undated

Nothing except the mint can make money without advertising.

Thomas Babington Macaulay / quote

12Undated

Few of the many wise apothegms which have been uttered have prevented a single foolish action.

Thomas Babington Macaulay / quote

13Undated

Perhaps no person can be a poet, or even enjoy poetry, without a certain unsoundness of mind.

Thomas Babington Macaulay / quote

14Undated

As civilization advances, poetry almost necessarily declines.

Thomas Babington Macaulay / quote