Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild

History, at least in its ideal state of perfection, is a compound of poetry and philosophy.

— Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild

Mr Robert Montgomery's genius [is] far too free and aspiring to be shackled by the rules of syntax? [His] readers must take…

— Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild

Truth, like all other good things, may be loved unwisely may be pursued too keenly may cost too much.

— Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild

He [John Hampden] knew that the essence of war is violence, and that moderation in war is imbecility.

— Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild

Never allow yourself to get caught without a loose million handy.

— Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild

Many of the greatest men that ever lived have written biography.Boswell was one ofthesmallest menthat ever lived and he has beaten them…

— Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild

The history of England is emphatically the history of progress.

— Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild

Fortunes are made by buying low and selling too soon.

— Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild

Every man who has seen the world knows that nothing is so useless as a general maxim.

— Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild

And broader still became the blaze, and louder still the din, And fast from every village round the horse came spurring in.

— Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild