Best James Anthony Froude Quotes
- I cannot think the disputes and jealousies of Heaven are tried and settled by the swords of earth. Cannot Think
- 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… Book
- Men are made by nature unequal. It is vain, therefore, to treat them as if they were equal. Conformity
- Crime is not punished as an offense against God, but as prejudicial to society. Crime
- 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… All
- Beautiful is old age—beautiful as the slow-dropping mellow autumn of a rich glorious summer. In the old man, Nature has fulfilled her work; she loads… Age
- Philosophy goes no further than probabilities, and in every assertion keeps a doubt in reserve. Assertion
- To be happy is not the purpose for which you are placed in this world. Happiness
- Every one of us ... knows better than he practices, and recognizes a better law than he obeys. Better
- Mistakes are often the best teachers. Best
- Of all the evil spirits abroad at this hour in the world, insincerity is the most dangerous. Abroad
- Morality, when vigorously alive, sees farther than intellect, and provides unconsciously for intellectual difficulties. Alive
- The moral system of the universe is like a document written in alternate ciphers, which change from line to line. Alternate
- There are epidemics of nobleness as well as epidemics of disease. Disease
- The solitary side of our nature demands leisure for reflection upon subjects on which the dash and whirl of daily business, so long as its… Business
- Instead of man to love, we have a man-god to worship . From being the example of devotion, he is its object; the religion of… Christ
- Morality rests upon a sense of obligation; and obligation has no meaning except as implying a Divine command, without which it would cease to be. Cease
- 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… Aim
- I am convinced with Plato , with St. Paul, with St. Augustine, with Calvin , and with Leibnitz, that this universe, and every smallest portion… Almighty
- 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… According
- I have nothing but myself to write about, no facts, no theories, no opinions, no adventures, no sentiments, nothing but my own poor barren individualism,… Adventure
- I believe that fallen creatures perish, perish for ever, for only good can live, and good has not been theirs; but how durst men forge… Been
- I could never fear a God who kept a hell prison-house. No, not though he flung me there because I refused. There is a power… Burning
- Who shall say that those poor peasants were not acting in the spirit we most venerate, most adore; that theirs was not the true heart… Acting
- Once, once for all, if you would save your heart from breaking, learn this lesson once for all you must cease, in this world, to… All
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