"The real object of the drama is the……" — Thomas B. Macaulay

"The real object of the drama is the exhibition of human character."

— Thomas B. Macaulay

Character Quotes Drama Quotes Exhibition Quotes Exhibitions Quotes Human Quotes Human Character Quotes Humans Quotes Object Quotes Real Quotes Real Object Quotes

125 Quotes by Thomas B. Macaulay

Thomas B. Macaulay has 125 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

It may be laid as an universal rule that a government which attempts more than it ought will perform less.
To punish a man because he has committed a crime, or because he is believed, though unjustly, to have committed…
A system in which the two great commandments are to hate your neighbor and to love your neighbor's wife.
In that temple of silence and reconciliation where the enmities of twenty generations lie buried, in the great Abbey which…
The best portraits are those in which there is a slight mixture of caricature.
None of the modes by which a magistrate is appointed, popular election, the accident of the lot, or the accident…
The maxim, that governments ought to train the people in the way in which they should go, sounds well. But…
Men are never so likely to settle a question rightly as when they discuss it freely.
And to say that society ought to be governed by the opinion of the wisest and best, though true, is…
Nothing is so galling to a people not broken in from birth as a paternal, or, in other words, a…
There is surely no contradiction in saying that a certain section of the community may be quite competent to protect…
[I can] scarcely write upon mathematics or mathematicians. Oh for words to express my abomination of the science.

See all 125 quotes by Thomas B. Macaulay »

More Character Quotes

This quote is filed under Character Quotes, one of 9,624 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good… — Hannah Arendt
Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. — Aristotle
Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. — Aristotle
The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. — Aristotle
All virtue is summed up in dealing justly. — Aristotle
What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition… — Aristotle
One of my favorite things about 'Star Trek' wasn't just the overt banter but the humor in that show about… — J. J. Abrams
My mom was such a strong character. I don't want to say she was like a man, but she was… — Lance Armstrong
Casting ethnic characters is a very hard thing to do, but it's important. It's also interesting. — Darren Aronofsky
You can fake your age or mask it, but the passion that moves the characters has to be real. — Victoria Abril
I have always regarded Mr. Bean as a timeless, ageless character, and I would rather he be remembered as a… — Rowan Atkinson
When I was doing Bean more than I've done him in the last few years, I did strange things -… — Rowan Atkinson

See all 9,624 Character Quotes »