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John Morley Quotes

British - Statesman | December 24, 1838 - September 23, 1923

You have not converted a man because you have silenced him.

Politics Man You Him Because

The great business of life is to be, to do, to do without and to depart.

Life Business Great Without Depart

Politics is a field where the choice lies constantly between two blunders.

Politics Choice Two Where Lies

Literature, the most seductive, the most deceiving, the most dangerous of professions.

Literature Dangerous Most Seductive

No man can climb out beyond the limitations of his own character.

Character Man Climb Beyond Out Own

Even good opinions are worth very little unless we hold them in the broad, intelligent, and spacious way.

Good Opinions Worth Intelligent Way

In politics the choice is constantly between two evils.

Politics Choice Two Between Evils

Where it is a duty to worship the sun it is pretty sure to be a crime to examine the laws of heat.

Religion Sun Crime Duty Heat Pretty

Evolution is not a force but a process. Not a cause but a law.

Law Process Evolution Force Cause

They act as if they supposed that to be very sanguine about the general improvement of mankind is a virtue that relieves them from taking trouble about any improvement in particular.

Improvement Trouble Virtue Act Very

A proverb is good sense brought to a point.

Good Point Sense Good Sense Proverb

He who hates vice hates men.

Men Vice Who Hates He

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