The English Bible - a book which, if everything else in our language should perish, would alone suffice to show the whole extent of its beauty and power. -Thomas Babington Macaulay Alone
Perhaps no person can be a poet, or even enjoy poetry, without a certain unsoundness of mind. -Thomas Babington Macaulay Poetry
Few of the many wise apothegms which have been uttered have prevented a single foolish action. -Thomas Babington Macaulay Wisdom
The best portraits are those in which there is a slight mixture of caricature. -Thomas Babington Macaulay Best
Many politicians are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story who resolved not to go into the water till he had learned to swim. -Thomas Babington Macaulay Politics
The English Bible - a book which, if everything else in our language should perish, would alone suffice to show the whole extent of its beauty and power. -Thomas Babington Macaulay Beauty
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 Death
The English Bible - a book which, if everything else in our language should perish, would alone suffice to show the whole extent of its beauty and power. -Thomas Babington Macaulay Power
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 Society
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 Failure
