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