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James Anthony Froude Quotes

When a woman’s heart is flowing over for the first time with deep and passionate love, she is all love. Every faculty of her soul rushes together in the intensity of the one feeling; thought, reflection, conscience, duty, the past, the future, they are names to her light as the breath which speaks them; her soul is full Picture Quote #1

We are complex, and therefore, in our natural state, inconsistent, beings, and the opinion of this hour need not be the opinion of the next Picture Quote #1

History is a voice forever sounding across the centuries the laws of right and wrong. Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral law is written on the tablets of eternity Picture Quote #1

Superior strength is found in the long run to lie with those who had right on their side Picture Quote #1

The secret of a person’s nature lies in their religion and what they really believes about the world and their place in it Picture Quote #1

Instruction does not prevent wasted time or mistakes; and mistakes themselves are often the best teachers of all Picture Quote #1

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No person is ever good for much, that hasn’t been swept off their feet by enthusiasm between ages twenty and thirty Picture Quote #1

The endurance of the inequalities of life by the poor is the marvel of human society Picture Quote #1

Nature is less partial than she appears, and all situations in life have their compensations along with them Picture Quote #1

The men that write books, carlyle says, are now the world’s priests, the spiritual directors of mankind Picture Quote #1

We cannot live on probabilities. The faith in which we can live bravely and die in peace must be a certainty, so far as it professes to be a faith at all, or it is nothing Picture Quote #1

Where all are selfish, the sage is no better than the fool, and only rather more dangerous Picture Quote #1

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To tell men that they cannot help themselves is to fling them into recklessness and despair Picture Quote #1

Men are made by nature unequal. It is vain, therefore, to treat them as if they were equal Picture Quote #1

Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself Picture Quote #1

True greatness is the most ready to recognize and most willing to obey those simple outward laws which have been sanctioned by the experience of mankind Picture Quote #1

What is called virtue in the common sense of the word has nothing to do with this or that man’s prosperity, or even happiness Picture Quote #1

If you think you can temper yourself into manliness by sitting here over your books, it is the very silliest fancy that ever tempted a young man to his ruin. You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one Picture Quote #1

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Every one of us... knows better than he practices, and recognizes a better law than he obeys Picture Quote #1

The first duty of an historian is to be on his guard against his own sympathies; but he cannot wholly escape their influence Picture Quote #1

The moral of human life is never simple, and the moral of a story which aims only at being true to human life cannot be expected to be any more so Picture Quote #1

Man is a real man, and can live and act manfully in this world, not in the strength of opinions, not according to what he thinks, but according to what he is Picture Quote #1

I scarcely know a professional man I can like, and certainly not one who has been what the world calls successful, that I should the least wish to resemble Picture Quote #1

The war of good and evil is mightiest in mightiest souls, and even in the darkest time the heart will maintain its right against the hardest creed Picture Quote #1

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When a woman’s heart is flowing over for the first time with deep and passionate love, she is all love. Every faculty of her soul rushes together in the intensity of the one feeling; thought, reflection, conscience, duty, the past, the future, they are names to her light as the breath which speaks them; her soul is full (James Anthony Froude Quotes) We are complex, and therefore, in our natural state, inconsistent, beings, and the opinion of this hour need not be the opinion of the next (James Anthony Froude Quotes) History is a voice forever sounding across the centuries the laws of right and wrong. Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral law is written on the tablets of eternity (James Anthony Froude Quotes) Superior strength is found in the long run to lie with those who had right on their side (James Anthony Froude Quotes) The secret of a person’s nature lies in their religion and what they really believes about the world and their place in it (James Anthony Froude Quotes) Instruction does not prevent wasted time or mistakes; and mistakes themselves are often the best teachers of all (James Anthony Froude Quotes) No person is ever good for much, that hasn’t been swept off their feet by enthusiasm between ages twenty and thirty (James Anthony Froude Quotes) The endurance of the inequalities of life by the poor is the marvel of human society (James Anthony Froude Quotes) Nature is less partial than she appears, and all situations in life have their compensations along with them (James Anthony Froude Quotes) The men that write books, carlyle says, are now the world’s priests, the spiritual directors of mankind (James Anthony Froude Quotes) We cannot live on probabilities. The faith in which we can live bravely and die in peace must be a certainty, so far as it professes to be a faith at all, or it is nothing (James Anthony Froude Quotes) Where all are selfish, the sage is no better than the fool, and only rather more dangerous (James Anthony Froude Quotes) To tell men that they cannot help themselves is to fling them into recklessness and despair (James Anthony Froude Quotes) Men are made by nature unequal. It is vain, therefore, to treat them as if they were equal (James Anthony Froude Quotes) Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself (James Anthony Froude Quotes) True greatness is the most ready to recognize and most willing to obey those simple outward laws which have been sanctioned by the experience of mankind (James Anthony Froude Quotes) What is called virtue in the common sense of the word has nothing to do with this or that man’s prosperity, or even happiness (James Anthony Froude Quotes) If you think you can temper yourself into manliness by sitting here over your books, it is the very silliest fancy that ever tempted a young man to his ruin. You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one (James Anthony Froude Quotes) Every one of us... knows better than he practices, and recognizes a better law than he obeys (James Anthony Froude Quotes) The first duty of an historian is to be on his guard against his own sympathies; but he cannot wholly escape their influence (James Anthony Froude Quotes) The moral of human life is never simple, and the moral of a story which aims only at being true to human life cannot be expected to be any more so (James Anthony Froude Quotes) Man is a real man, and can live and act manfully in this world, not in the strength of opinions, not according to what he thinks, but according to what he is (James Anthony Froude Quotes) I scarcely know a professional man I can like, and certainly not one who has been what the world calls successful, that I should the least wish to resemble (James Anthony Froude Quotes) The war of good and evil is mightiest in mightiest souls, and even in the darkest time the heart will maintain its right against the hardest creed (James Anthony Froude Quotes)

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