“We deplore the outrages which accompany revolutions. But the more violent the outrages, the more assured we feel that a revolution was necessary.” FeelsRevolutionViolentAssuredOutrageAccompany Author:Thomas B. Macaulay
“People who take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote descendants.” PeopleAchievePrideAchievementWorthyNobleRememberedAncestorAncestryDescendants Author:Thomas B. Macaulay
“Men of great conversational powers almost universally practise a sort of lively sophistry and exaggeration which deceives for the moment both themselves and their auditors.” MenMomentsConversationDeceivingLivelyExaggerationPractiseSophistryAuditors Author:Thomas B. Macaulay
“The temple of silence and reconciliation.” SilenceGravesTemplesReconciliation Author:Thomas B. Macaulay
“It is good to be often reminded of the inconsistency of human nature, and to learn to look without wonder or disgust on the weaknesses which are found in the strongest minds.” MindHumansLooksHumanityFoundWonderMankindHuman NatureWeaknessStrongestDisgustingInconsistency Author:Thomas B. Macaulay
“The highest intellects, like the tops of mountains, are the first to catch and to reflect the dawn.” FirstsMountainHighestIntellectDawn Author:Thomas B. Macaulay
“It is certain that satirical poems were common at Rome from a very early period. The rustics, who lived at a distance from the seat of government, and took little part in the strife of factions, gave vent to their petty local animosities in coarse Fescennine verse.” LittlesGovernmentCertainCommonPeriodsDistanceLocalsSeatsSatireRomeVersesStrifePettyFactionsSatiricalAnimosityCoarse Author:Thomas B. Macaulay