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James Anthony Froude
English
Historian
About the author
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.
James Anthony Froude,
English
Historian
#Death
#Man
#Animals
The better one is morally the less aware they are of their virtue.
James Anthony Froude,
English
Historian
#Virtue
The endurance of the inequalities of life by the poor is the marvel of human society.
James Anthony Froude,
English
Historian
#Life
#Poor
#Society
#Endurance
The essence of greatness is neglect of the self.
James Anthony Froude,
English
Historian
#Self
#Greatness
#Neglect
The first duty of an historian is to be on guard against his own sympathies.
James Anthony Froude,
English
Historian
#First
#Duty
The practical effect of a belief is the real test of its soundness.
James Anthony Froude,
English
Historian
#Belief
#Effect
You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.
James Anthony Froude,
English
Historian
#Character
#Dream
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,
English
Historian
#World
#Religion
#Nature
#Lies
Superior strength is found in the long run to lie with those who had right on their side.
James Anthony Froude,
English
Historian
#Right
#Strength
#Lie
To deny the freedom of the will is to make morality impossible.
James Anthony Froude,
English
Historian
#Will
#Freedom
#Morality
Philosophy goes no further than probabilities, and in every assertion keeps a doubt in reserve.
James Anthony Froude,
English
Historian
#Doubt
#Philosophy
No person is ever good for much, that hasn't been swept off their feet by enthusiasm between ages twenty and thirty.
James Anthony Froude,
English
Historian
#Feet
#Enthusiasm
Instruction does not prevent wasted time or mistakes; and mistakes themselves are often the best teachers of all.
James Anthony Froude,
English
Historian
#Time
#Mistakes
#Teachers
In everyday things the law of sacrifice takes the form of positive duty.
James Anthony Froude,
English
Historian
#Sacrifice
#Law
#Positive
#Duty
Human improvement is from within outward.
James Anthony Froude,
English
Historian
#Improvement
Fear is the parent of cruelty.
James Anthony Froude,
English
Historian
#Fear
#Cruelty
Experience teaches slowly, and at the cost of mistakes.
James Anthony Froude,
English
Historian
#Mistakes
#Experience
As we advance in life, we learn the limits of our abilities.
James Anthony Froude,
English
Historian
#Life
#Limits
Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children.
James Anthony Froude,
English
Historian
#Children
#Age
A person possessed with an idea cannot be reasoned with.
James Anthony Froude,
English
Historian
#Idea
Science rests on reason and experiment, and can meet an opponent with calmness; but a belief is always sensitive.
James Anthony Froude,
English
Historian
#Reason
#Science
#Belief
We enter the world alone, we leave the world alone.
James Anthony Froude,
English
Historian
#World