The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.

Quote by Thomas B Macaulay

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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...

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,...

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.

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...

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

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

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 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...

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...

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.

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

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

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...

Your Constitution is all sail and no anchor.

Your Constitution is all sail and no anchor.

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 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,...

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...

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.

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,...

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.