I shall not be satisfied unless I produce something which shall for a few days supersede the last fashionable novel on the tables of young ladies.

Quote by Thomas B Macaulay

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

Nothing except the mint can make money without advertising.

Nothing except the mint can make money without advertising.

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.

A good constitution is infinitely better than the best despot.

A good constitution is infinitely better than the best despot.

The English Bible - a book which, if everything else in our language should perish,...

The English Bible - a book which, if everything else in our language should perish,...

To that class we may leave it to refine the vernacular dialects of the country,...

To that class we may leave it to refine the vernacular dialects of the country,...

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,...

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.

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...

Nothing is so useless as a general maxim.

Nothing is so useless as a general maxim.

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...

As civilization advances, poetry almost necessarily declines.

As civilization advances, poetry almost necessarily declines.

Many politicians are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition that...

Many politicians are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition that...

He had a wonderful talent for packing thought close, and rendering it portable.

He had a wonderful talent for packing thought close, and rendering it portable.