Quote #463
"I shall cheerfully bear the reproach of having descended below the dignity
of history."
-- Lord Macaulay.
"I shall cheerfully bear the reproach of having descended below the dignity
of history."
-- Lord Macaulay.
Related:
- The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to
the bear,
but because it gave pleasure to the spectators. -... - The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear,
but because it gave pleasure to the spectators. ... - The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear,
but because it gave pleasure to the spectators. -... - I wish I was as cocksure of anything as Tom Macaulay is of everything.
Lord Melbourne (1779... - Quote #502
In keeping with my non-Aristotelian or relativist-Existentialist bias,
I do not classify ideas as simply "true" or "false... - Quote #61
"I have been Foolish and Deluded,
and I am a Bear of No Brain at All." --... - Help. I've descended and I can't
get oop... - Shall I tell you what true evil is? It is to submit to you.
It is when we surrender our freedom, our dignity... - He who ascends to mountain-tops shall find
The loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow;
He who surpasses or subdues mankind Must look down...
