More from Thomas Babington Macaulay

  1. A man who has never looked on Niagra has but a faint idea of a cataract; and he who has not read Barere's Memoirs may be said not to know w…
  2. Forget all feuds, and shed one English tear O'er English dust. A broken heart lies here.
  3. He [Richard Steele] was a rake among scholars, and a scholar among rakes.
  4. The sweeter sound of woman's praise.
  5. The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless power without abusing it.
  6. It is odd that the last twenty-five years which have witnessed the greatest progress ever made in physical science - the greatest victories…
  7. I would rather be a poor man in a garret with plenty of books than a king who did not love reading.
  8. Your Constitution is all sail and no anchor.

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