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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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...

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

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

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,...

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.

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

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

In politics the choice is constantly between two evils.

In politics the choice is constantly between two evils.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

A proverb is good sense brought to a point.

A proverb is good sense brought to a point.

He who hates vice hates men.

He who hates vice hates men.