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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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...

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

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

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

Nothing is so useless as a general maxim.

Nothing is so useless as a general maxim.

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 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,...

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.

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

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

Your Constitution is all sail and no anchor.

Your Constitution is all sail and no anchor.

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 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.

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

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

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...