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Famous Quotes in History by Lord Thomas Babington Macaulay - 1
This category is for famous quotes in history by Lord Thomas Babington Macaulay.
He was an English historian, essayist, and poet who lived from 1800 to 1859.
Better
An acre in Middlesex is better than a principality in Utopia.
Flattery
It is possible to be below flattery, as well as above it.
Fools
Few of the many wise apothegms which have been uttered have prevented a single foolish action.
Imagination
His imagination resembled the wings of an ostrich. It enabled him to run, though not to soar.
Morality
We know of no spectacle so ridiculous as the British public in one of its periodical fits of morality.
Poetry
Perhaps no person can be a poet, or even enjoy poetry, without a certain unsoundness of mind.
Scholars
Richard Steele was a rake among scholars, and a scholar among rakes.
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