We know no spectacle so ridiculous as the British public in one of its periodical fits of morality. Thomas B. Macaulay

Quotes November 23, 2008

We know no spectacle so ridiculous as the British public in one of its periodical fits of morality.
Morality
Quotations by Thomas B. Macaulay

Authority forgets a dying king. Lord Alfred Tennyson

Authority forgets a dying king.Death and DyingQuotations by Lord Alfred Tennyson

“Don’t worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition.” – Abraham Lincoln

All cases are unique and very similar to others.OriginalityQuotations by T. S. Eliot

Writing is turning one’s worst moments into money.Writers and WritingQuotations by J. P. Donleavy

Though the people support the government; the government should not support the people.GovernmentQuotations by Grover Cleveland

Poetry must be as new as foam and as old as the rock.Poetry and PoetsQuotations by Ralph Waldo …

We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.FearQuotations by Titus Livy

In politics a straight line is the shortest distance to disaster.Politicians and PoliticsQuotations by John P. Roche

Morality sticks faster when presented in brief sayings than when presented in long discourse.Teachers and TeachingQuotations by Immermann

The biggest critics of my books are people who never read them.Critics and CriticismQuotations by Jackie Collins