They act as if they supposed that to be very sanguine about the general improvement of mankind is a virtue that relieves them from taking trouble about any improvement in particular.

Quote by John Morley

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Literature, the most seductive, the most deceiving, the most dangerous of professions.

Literature, the most seductive, the most deceiving, the most dangerous of professions.

Even good opinions are worth very little unless we hold them in the broad, intelligent,...

Even good opinions are worth very little unless we hold them in the broad, intelligent,...

You have not converted a man because you have silenced him.

You have not converted a man because you have silenced him.

All religions die of one disease - that of being found out

All religions die of one disease - that of being found out

The great business of life is to be, to do, to do without and to...

The great business of life is to be, to do, to do without and to...

A proverb is good sense brought to a point.

A proverb is good sense brought to a point.

The proper memory for a politician is one that knows what to remember and what...

The proper memory for a politician is one that knows what to remember and what...

You cannot demonstrate an emotion or prove an aspiration.

You cannot demonstrate an emotion or prove an aspiration.

Three things matter in a speech - who says it, how he says it and...

Three things matter in a speech - who says it, how he says it and...

Politics is a field where the choice lies constantly between two blunders.

Politics is a field where the choice lies constantly between two blunders.

They are the guiding oracles which man has found out for himself in that great...

They are the guiding oracles which man has found out for himself in that great...

Evolution is not a force but a process. Not a cause but a law.

Evolution is not a force but a process. Not a cause but a law.

In politics the choice is constantly between two evils.

In politics the choice is constantly between two evils.

He who hates vice hates men.

He who hates vice hates men.

Where it is a duty to worship the sun it is pretty sure to be...

Where it is a duty to worship the sun it is pretty sure to be...

A great interpreter of life ought not himself to need interpretation.

A great interpreter of life ought not himself to need interpretation.

No man can climb out beyond the limitations of his own character.

No man can climb out beyond the limitations of his own character.

It is never too late to be who you might have been.

It is never too late to be who you might have been.

Know yourself, and dont allow yourself to change for anybody, or let anybody change you,...

Know yourself, and dont allow yourself to change for anybody, or let anybody change you,...

The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.

The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.