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

Quote by Thomas B Macaulay

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An acre in Middlesex is better than a principality in Utopia.

An acre in Middlesex is better than a principality in Utopia.

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...

We know no spectacle so ridiculous as the British public in one of its periodical...

We know no spectacle so ridiculous as the British public in one of its periodical...

Your Constitution is all sail and no anchor.

Your Constitution is all sail and no anchor.

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...

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

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

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

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

A good constitution is infinitely better than the best despot.

A good constitution is infinitely better than the best despot.

Temple was a man of the world amongst men of letters, a man of letters...

Temple was a man of the world amongst men of letters, a man of letters...

As civilization advances, poetry almost necessarily declines.

As civilization advances, poetry almost necessarily declines.

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...

We hold that the most wonderful and splendid proof of genius is a great poem...

We hold that the most wonderful and splendid proof of genius is a great poem...

Reform, that we may preserve.

Reform, that we may preserve.

Such night in England ne'er had been, nor ne'er again shall be.

Such night in England ne'er had been, nor ne'er again shall be.

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.

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...

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...

The effect of violent dislike between groups has always created an indifference to the welfare...

The effect of violent dislike between groups has always created an indifference to the welfare...

And how can man die better than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his...

And how can man die better than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his...

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...