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Thomas Babington Macaulay

I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read.

Thomas Babington Macaulay

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Thomas Babington Macaulay

Our estimate of a character always depends much on the manner in which that character affects our own interests and passions.

Thomas Babington Macaulay

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Thomas Babington Macaulay

A good constitution is infinitely better than the best despot.

Thomas Babington Macaulay

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Thomas Babington Macaulay

People who take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote descendants.

Thomas Babington Macaulay

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Thomas Babington Macaulay

History, is made up of the bad actions of extraordinary men and woman. All the most noted destroyers and deceivers of our species, all the founders of arbitrary governments and false religions have been extraordinary people; and nine tenths of the calamities that have befallen the human race had no other origin than the union of high intelligence with low desires.

Thomas Babington Macaulay

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Thomas Babington Macaulay

People crushed by law have no hopes but from power. If laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to laws.

Thomas Babington Macaulay

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Thomas Babington Macaulay

The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.

Thomas Babington Macaulay