I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read. Thomas Babington Macaulay bookcottagedesire Change image and share on social
He was a rake among scholars, and a scholar among rakes. Thomas Babington Macaulay rakescholar Change image and share on social
To that class we may leave it to refine the vernacular dialects of the country, to enrich those dialects with terms of science borrowed from the Western nomenclature, and to render them by degrees fit vehicles for conveying knowledge to the great mass of the population. Thomas Babington Macaulay borrowclassconvey share on social
Reform, that we may preserve. Thomas Babington Macaulay preservereform Change image and share on social
There is only one cure for the evils which newly acquired freedom produces, and that cure is freedom. Thomas Babington Macaulay acquirecureevil Change image and share on social
The maxim, that governments ought to train the people in the way in which they should go, sounds well. But is there any reason for believing that a government is more likely to lead the people in the right way than the people to fall into the right way of themselves? Thomas Babington Macaulay believefallgovernment share on social
People crushed by law have no hopes but from power. If laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to laws. Thomas Babington Macaulay crushenemyhope Change image and share on social
I shall cheerfully bear the reproach of having descended below the dignity of history if I can succeed in placing before the English of the nineteenth century a true picture of the life of their ancestors. Thomas Babington Macaulay ancestorbearcentury share on social
The knowledge of the theory of logic has no tendency whatever to make men good reasoners. Thomas Babington Macaulay goodknowledgelogic Change image and share on social
As civilization advances, poetry almost necessarily declines. Thomas Babington Macaulay advancecivilizationdecline Change image and share on social
