Thomas Babington Macaulay Quotes
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Herminius | Tusculum | Thou | Rome |
Few of the many wise apothegms, which have been uttered from the time of the seven sages of Greece to that of poor Richard, have prevented a single foolish action.
- Thomas Babington Macaulay
Language, the machine of the poet, is best fitted for his purpose in its rudest state. Nations, like individuals, first perceive, and then abstract. They advance from particular images to general terms. Hence the vocabulary of an enlightened society is philosophical, that of a half-civilized people is poetical.
- Thomas Babington Macaulay
