Author: James Anthony Froude

Quotes

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

Science rests on reason and experiment, and can meet an opponent with calmness; but a belief is always sensitive.

Science rests on reason and experiment, and can meet an opponent with calmness; but a belief is always sensitive.

- James Anthony Froude

As we advance in life, we learn the limits of our abilities.

As we advance in life, we learn the limits of our abilities.

- 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

We enter the world alone, we leave the world alone.

We enter the world alone, we leave the world alone.

- 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

The endurance of the inequalities of life by the poor is the marvel of human society.

The endurance of the inequalities of life by the poor is the marvel of human society.

- 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

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