He was a rake among scholars, and a scholar among rakes.

Quote by Thomas B Macaulay

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Turn where we may, within, around, the voice of great events is proclaiming to us,...

Turn where we may, within, around, the voice of great events is proclaiming to us,...

The object of oratory alone in not truth, but persuasion.

The object of oratory alone in not truth, but persuasion.

As civilization advances, poetry almost necessarily declines.

As civilization advances, poetry almost necessarily declines.

The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew...

The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew...

The puritan hated bear baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because...

The puritan hated bear baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because...

There were gentlemen and there were seamen in the navy of Charles the Second. But...

There were gentlemen and there were seamen in the navy of Charles the Second. But...

I shall cheerfully bear the reproach of having descended below the dignity of history if...

I shall cheerfully bear the reproach of having descended below the dignity of history if...

Nothing except the mint can make money without advertising.

Nothing except the mint can make money without advertising.

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

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

People crushed by law have no hopes but from power. If laws are their enemies,...

People crushed by law have no hopes but from power. If laws are their enemies,...

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.

A good constitution is infinitely better than the best despot.

A good constitution is infinitely better than the best despot.

Perhaps no person can be a poet, or even enjoy poetry, without a certain unsoundness...

Perhaps no person can be a poet, or even enjoy poetry, without a certain unsoundness...

The gallery in which the reporters sit has become a fourth estate of the realm.

The gallery in which the reporters sit has become a fourth estate of the realm.

There is only one cure for the evils which newly acquired freedom produces, and that...

There is only one cure for the evils which newly acquired freedom produces, and that...

She thoroughly understands what no other Church has ever understood, how to deal with enthusiasts.

She thoroughly understands what no other Church has ever understood, how to deal with enthusiasts.

That is the best government which desires to make the people happy, and knows how...

That is the best government which desires to make the people happy, and knows how...

Your Constitution is all sail and no anchor.

Your Constitution is all sail and no anchor.

A single breaker may recede; but the tide is evidently coming in.

A single breaker may recede; but the tide is evidently coming in.

To sum up the whole, we should say that the aim of the Platonic philosophy...

To sum up the whole, we should say that the aim of the Platonic philosophy...