Facts about John Morley

Occup.Statesman
FromUnited Kingdom
Died1923

Summary

John Morley was a famous Statesman from United Kingdom.

Our collection contains 15 quotes who is written / told by John, under the main topic Religion.

15 Famous quotes by John Morley

Small: No man can climb out beyond the limitations of his own character
"No man can climb out beyond the limitations of his own character"
Small: Politics is a field where the choice lies constantly between two blunders
"Politics is a field where the choice lies constantly between two blunders"
Small: You have not converted a man because you have silenced him
"You have not converted a man because you have silenced him"
Small: You cannot demonstrate an emotion or prove an aspiration
"You cannot demonstrate an emotion or prove an aspiration"
Small: Where it is a duty to worship the sun it is pretty sure to be a crime to examine the laws of heat
"Where it is a duty to worship the sun it is pretty sure to be a crime to examine the laws of heat"
Small: They are the guiding oracles which man has found out for himself in that great business of ours, of lea
"They are the guiding oracles which man has found out for himself in that great business of ours, of learning how to be, to do, to do without, and to depart"
Small: They act as if they supposed that to be very sanguine about the general improvement of mankind is a vir
"They act as if they supposed that to be very sanguine about the general improvement of mankind is a virtue that relieves them from taking trouble about any improvement in particular"
Small: The great business of life is to be, to do, to do without and to depart
"The great business of life is to be, to do, to do without and to depart"
Small: Literature, the most seductive, the most deceiving, the most dangerous of professions
"Literature, the most seductive, the most deceiving, the most dangerous of professions"
Small: In politics the choice is constantly between two evils
"In politics the choice is constantly between two evils"
Small: He who hates vice hates men
"He who hates vice hates men"
Small: Evolution is not a force but a process. Not a cause but a law
"Evolution is not a force but a process. Not a cause but a law"
Small: Even good opinions are worth very little unless we hold them in the broad, intelligent, and spacious wa
"Even good opinions are worth very little unless we hold them in the broad, intelligent, and spacious way"
Small: A proverb is good sense brought to a point
"A proverb is good sense brought to a point"
Small: A great interpreter of life ought not himself to need interpretation
"A great interpreter of life ought not himself to need interpretation"