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8984 quotesHe had a wonderful talent for packing thought close, and rendering it portable.
Aphorisms and Epigrams
Thomas B. Macaulay
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In Plato's opinion, man was made for philosophy; in Bacon's opinion, philosophy was made for man.
Philosophers and Philosophy
Thomas B. Macaulay
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Perhaps no person can be a poet, or can even enjoy poetry, without a certain unsoundness of mind.
Poetry and Poets
Thomas B. Macaulay
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She thoroughly understands what no other Church has ever understood, how to deal with enthusiasts.
Catholicism
Thomas B. Macaulay
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The best portraits are those in which there is a slight mixture of caricature.
Painters and Painting
Thomas B. Macaulay
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The object of oratory alone in not truth, but persuasion.
Persuasion
Thomas B. Macaulay
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We know no spectacle so ridiculous as the British public in one of its periodical fits of morality.
Morality
Thomas B. Macaulay
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Your Constitution is all sail and no anchor.
Constitutions
Thomas B. Macaulay
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I find that doing of the will of God leaves me no time for disputing about His plans.
God
George Macdonald
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Nothing makes one feel so strong as a call for help.
Aid and Assistance
George Macdonald
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The best preparation for the future is the present well seen to, and the last duty done.
Preparation
George Macdonald
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When we are out of sympathy with the young, then I think our work in this world is over.
Age and Aging
George Macdonald
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You know how to conquer, Hannibal, but not how to profit by your victory.
Victory
Macherbal
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Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.
Hatred
Niccolo Machiavelli
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Men are more apt to be mistaken in their generalizations than in their particular observations.
Judgment and Judges
Niccolo Machiavelli
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Men sooner forget the death of their father than the loss of their patrimony.
Inheritance
Niccolo Machiavelli
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One change always leaves the way open for the establishment of others.
Change
Niccolo Machiavelli
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Princes and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society.
Danger
Niccolo Machiavelli
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Tardiness often robs us opportunity, and the dispatch of our forces.
Punctuality
Niccolo Machiavelli
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The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present.
Promises
Niccolo Machiavelli
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Lightning is the shorthand of a storm, and tells of chaos.
Nature
Eric Mackay
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To have known the best, and to have known it for the best, is success in life.
Success
John W. Mackay
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The more I traveled the more I realized that fear makes strangers of people who should be friends.
Fear
Shirley Maclaine
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If you would win the world, melt it, do not hammer it.
Manners
Alexander Maclaren
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Only he who can say, The Lord is my strength, can say, Of whom shall I be afraid?
Fear
Alexander Maclaren
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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun