James Anthony Froude ( 10 of 22 )
As we advance in life, we learn the limits of our abilities.
As we advance in life, we learn the limits of our abilities.
There is no need to show your ability before everyone.
There is no need to show your ability before everyone.
Ignorance is the dominion of absurdity.
Ignorance is the dominion of absurdity.
We enter the world alone, we leave it alone.
We enter the world alone, we leave it alone.
Experience teaches slowly, and at the cost of mistakes.
Experience teaches slowly, and at the cost of mistakes.
Fear is the parent of cruelty.
Fear is the parent of cruelty.
Morality, when vigorously alive, sees farther than intellect, and
provides unconsciously for intellectual difficulties.
Morality, when vigorously alive, sees farther than intellect, and
provides unconsciously for intellectual difficulties.
Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow read more
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.
The solitary side of our nature demands leisure for reflection
upon subjects on which the dash and whirl of read more
The solitary side of our nature demands leisure for reflection
upon subjects on which the dash and whirl of daily business, so
long as its clouds rise thick about us, forbid the intellect to
fasten itself.
We read the past by the light of the present, and the forms vary
as the shadows fall, or read more
We read the past by the light of the present, and the forms vary
as the shadows fall, or as the point of vision alters.
