Source: The Nemesis of Faith
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Famous James Anthony Froude Quotes
Source: The Nemesis of Faith
Source: The Nemesis of Faith
“Thirst of power and of riches now bear sway, The passion and infirmity of age.”
“Thy plain and open nature sees mankind But in appearance, not what they are.”
“Carelessness is inexcusable, and merits the inevitable sequence.”
“To tell men that they cannot help themselves is to fling them into recklessness and despair.”
Source: Short Studies on Great Subjects
Source: Short Studies on Great Subjects
Source: Thomas Carlyle: A History of the First Forty Years of His Life, 1795-1835
Source: Short Studies on Great Subjects
Source: Short Studies on Great Subjects
“Courage is, on all hands, considered as an essential of high character.”
Source: Short Studies on Great Subjects
Source: Thomas Carlyle: A History of the First Forty Years of His Life 1795-1835
Source: Short Studies on Great Subjects
“Where nature is sovereign, there is no need of austerity and self-denial.”
Source: Short Studies on Great Subjects
Source: Short Studies on Great Subjects
Source: Short Studies on Great Subjects
Source: The Nemesis of Faith
“Truth only smells sweet forever, and illusions, however innocent, are deadly as the canker worm.”
Source: Calvinism
Source: Short Studies on Great Subjects: Second series
Source: Thomas Carlyle: A History of the First Forty Years of His Life, 1795-1835
Source: Short Studies on Great Subjects
“Experience teaches slowly, and at the cost of mistakes.”
Source: Short Studies on Great Subjects
“We live merely on the crust or rind of things.”
Source: Short Studies on Great Subjects
“As we advance in life, we learn the limits of our abilities.”
Source: Short Studies on Great Subjects: Second series
“In everyday things the law of sacrifice takes the form of positive duty.”
Source: Short Studies on Great Subjects
Source: Thomas Carlyle: A History of His Life in London, 1834-1881
“Fear is the parent of cruelty.”
Source: Short Studies on Great Subjects
Source: Short Studies on Great Subjects: Second series
Source: Thomas Carlyle: A History of His Life in London, 1834-1881
“The superstition of science scoffs at the superstition of faith.”
Source: Short Studies on Great Subjects
“We must have the real thing before we can have a science of a thing.”
Source: Thomas Carlyle: A History of His Life in London, 1834-1881
“The first duty of an historian is to be on his guard against his own sympathies...”
“Ignorance is the dominion of absurdity.”
Source: Short Studies on Great Subjects
Source: Calvinism
“The better one is morally the less aware they are of their virtue.”
Source: Short studies on Greate Subjects
“Human improvement is from within outward.”
Source: Short Studies on Great Subjects
“To deny the freedom of the will is to make morality impossible.”
Source: Short Studies on Great Subjects
“Justice without wisdom is impossible.”
Source: Short Studies on Great Subjects
“The practical effect of a belief is the real test of its soundness.”
Source: Short Studies on Great Subjects: Second series
Source: Short Studies on Great Subjects