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

Quote by Thomas B Macaulay

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A good constitution is infinitely better than the best despot.

A good constitution is infinitely better than the best despot.

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.

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...

Reform, that we may preserve.

Reform, that we may preserve.

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,...

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.

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

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

Your Constitution is all sail and no anchor.

Your Constitution is all sail and no anchor.

I shall not be satisfied unless I produce something which shall for a few days...

I shall not be satisfied unless I produce something which shall for a few days...

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...

Nothing is so useless as a general maxim.

Nothing is so useless as a general maxim.

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,...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...