“ The best portraits are those in which there is a slight mixture of caricature. Thomas Babington Macaulay
“ Thus spake brave Horatius, the captain of the gate. To all men upon this Earth, death cometh soon or late. And what better way to die, than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of ones' fathers, and the… Thomas Babington Macaulay
“ American democracy must be a failure because it places the supreme authority in the hands of the poorest and most ignorant part of the society. Thomas Babington Macaulay
“ And how can man die better than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his Gods? Thomas Babington Macaulay
“ It seems that the creative faculty and the critical faculty cannot exist together in their highest perfection. Thomas Babington Macaulay
“ Pour, varlet, pour the waterThe water steaming hot!A spoonful for each man of usAnother for the pot! Thomas Babington Macaulay
“ Then none was for a party;Then all were for the state;Then the great man helped the poor,And the poor man loved the great;Then lands were fairly proportioned;Then spoils were fairly sold;The Romans we… Thomas Babington Macaulay
“ The highest intellects like the tops of mountains are the first to catch and to reflect the dawn. Thomas Babington Macaulay
“ His imagination resembled the wings of an ostrich. It enabled him to run though not to soar. Thomas Babington Macaulay
“ And to say that society ought to be governed by the opinion of the wisest and best, though true, is useless. Whose opinion is to decide who are the wisest and best? Thomas Babington Macaulay
“ What a blessing it is to love books as I love them;- to be able to converse with the dead, and to live amidst the unreal! Thomas Babington Macaulay
