English - Historian | April 23, 1818 - October 20, 1894
Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children.
James Anthony Froude
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You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.
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Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself.
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The essence of greatness is neglect of the self.
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Human improvement is from within outward.
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Fear is the parent of cruelty.
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The practical effect of a belief is the real test of its soundness.
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Superior strength is found in the long run to lie with those who had right on their side.
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No person is ever good for much, that hasn't been swept off their feet by enthusiasm between ages twenty and thirty.
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The first duty of an historian is to be on guard against his own sympathies.
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We enter the world alone, we leave the world alone.
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The better one is morally the less aware they are of their virtue.
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