Author: James Anthony Froude

Quotes

Superior strength is found in the long run to lie with those who had right on their side.

Superior strength is found in the long run to lie with those who had right on their side.

- James Anthony Froude

In everyday things the law of sacrifice takes the form of positive duty.

In everyday things the law of sacrifice takes the form of positive duty.

- James Anthony Froude

To deny the freedom of the will is to make morality impossible.

To deny the freedom of the will is to make morality impossible.

- James Anthony Froude

Fear is the parent of cruelty.

Fear is the parent of cruelty.

- James Anthony Froude

Experience teaches slowly, and at the cost of mistakes.

Experience teaches slowly, and at the cost of mistakes.

- James Anthony Froude

The secret of a person's nature lies in their religion and what they really believes about the world and their place in it.

The secret of a person's nature lies in their religion and what they really believes about the world and their place in it.

- James Anthony Froude

Instruction does not prevent wasted time or mistakes; and mistakes themselves are often the best teachers of all.

Instruction does not prevent wasted time or mistakes; and mistakes themselves are often the best teachers of all.

- James Anthony Froude

A person possessed with an idea cannot be reasoned with.

A person possessed with an idea cannot be reasoned with.

- James Anthony Froude

Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself.

Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself.

- James Anthony Froude

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