James Anthony Froude Quotes

English - Historian | April 23, 1818 - October 20, 1894

A person possessed with an idea cannot be reasoned with.

James Anthony Froude

ImaginationPersonCannotIdea

Philosophy goes no further than probabilities, and in every assertion keeps a doubt in reserve.

James Anthony Froude

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In everyday things the law of sacrifice takes the form of positive duty.

James Anthony Froude

PositiveSacrificeLawDutyEveryday

Science rests on reason and experiment, and can meet an opponent with calmness; but a belief is always sensitive.

James Anthony Froude

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To deny the freedom of the will is to make morality impossible.

James Anthony Froude

FreedomImpossibleMoralityWill

The secret of a person's nature lies in their religion and what they really believes about the world and their place in it.

James Anthony Froude

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Experience teaches slowly, and at the cost of mistakes.

James Anthony Froude

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As we advance in life, we learn the limits of our abilities.

James Anthony Froude

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Instruction does not prevent wasted time or mistakes; and mistakes themselves are often the best teachers of all.

James Anthony Froude

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The endurance of the inequalities of life by the poor is the marvel of human society.

James Anthony Froude

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