Author: Thomas Babington Macaulay

Quotes

The best portraits are those in which there is a slight mixture of caricature.

The best portraits are those in which there is a slight mixture of caricature.

- Thomas Babington Macaulay

To sum up the whole, we should say that the aim of the Platonic philosophy was to exalt man into a god.

To sum up the whole, we should say that the aim of the Platonic philosophy was to exalt man into a god.

- Thomas Babington Macaulay

A good constitution is infinitely better than the best despot.

A good constitution is infinitely better than the best despot.

- Thomas Babington Macaulay

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

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

Nothing except the mint can make money without advertising.

Nothing except the mint can make money without advertising.

- Thomas Babington Macaulay

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

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

- Thomas Babington Macaulay

The knowledge of the theory of logic has no tendency whatever to make men good reasoners.

The knowledge of the theory of logic has no tendency whatever to make men good reasoners.

- Thomas Babington Macaulay

The English Bible - a book which, if everything else in our language should perish, would alone suffice to show the whole extent of its beauty and power.

The English Bible - a book which, if everything else in our language should perish, would alone suffice to show the whole extent of its beauty and power.

- Thomas Babington Macaulay

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.

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

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