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.
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.
We enter the world alone, we leave it alone.
We enter the world alone, we leave it alone.
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.
The moral system of the universe is like a document written in
alternate ciphers, which change from line to read more
The moral system of the universe is like a document written in
alternate ciphers, which change from line to line.
Experience is no more transferable in morals than in art.
Experience is no more transferable in morals than in art.
