Civilisation is never so charming as when it is an island in the middle of simplicity, or of a civilisation of an alien kind. — William Hurrell Mallock Copy Share Image
“Most of man's finest heroism is merely disguised necessity.” — William Hurrell Mallock Copy Share Image
The landscape of the mind, against which our thoughts and expectations move, when the wind of the imagination is active, changes as quickly as… — William Hurrell Mallock Copy Share Image
Politics are always a struggle for power, disguised and modified by prudence, reason and moral pretext. — William Hurrell Mallock Copy Share Image
Socialism may be worthless as a scheme, but it is not meaningless as a symptom. Rousseau's theory of the origin of society, of the… — William Hurrell Mallock Copy Share Image
“To me,' said Mr. Herbert, 'it seems rather that the only hope for the present age lies in the possibility of some individual wiser… — William Hurrell Mallock Copy Share Image
No one is fit to encounter an adversary's case successfully unless he can make it for a moment his own, unless he can put… — William Hurrell Mallock Copy Share Image
Landscapes, even when their general type is similar, are capable of as many expressions as the same type of human face, and, without our… — William Hurrell Mallock Copy Share Image
“But will you be able to say what is right and what is wrong any longer, if you don’t know for whom anything is… — William Hurrell Mallock Copy Share Image
If a man wishes to ensure the bad opinion of others, his best course probably is to be honest about himself. — William Hurrell Mallock Copy Share Image
“Was my guide a person who would expect what is vulgary called a "tip"? Or was his position so high that even to offer… — William Hurrell Mallock Copy Share Image
