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His Quotes by Goldwin Smith
- Dante himself is open to the suspicion of partiality: it is said, not without apparent ground, that he puts into hell all the enemies of…
- The materials of the novelist must be real; they must be gathered from the field of humanity by his actual observation.
- But if anyone supposes that there was no commercial fraud in the Middle Ages, let him study the commercial legislation of England for that period,…
- The novelist must look on humanity without partiality or prejudice. His sympathy, like that of the historian, must be unbounded, and untainted by sect or…
- The novelist must ground his work in faithful study of human nature.
More His Quotes
- Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in… — Hannah Arendt
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he… — Aristotle
- What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue… — Aristotle
- A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more… — Frank Abagnale
- Resolve to be thyself: and know that he who finds himself, loses his misery. — Matthew Arnold