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Summary
James Anthony Froude was a famous Historian from England, who lived between April 23, 1818 and October 20, 1894. He/she became 76 years old.
Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac taurus, who is known for Security, Subtle strength, Appreciation, Instruction, Patience.
Our collection contains 22 quotes who is written / told by James.
Related authors: Charles Kingsley (Clergyman)
22 Famous quotes by James Anthony Froude
"Fear is the parent of cruelty"
"Experience teaches slowly, and at the cost of mistakes"
"As we advance in life, we learn the limits of our abilities"
"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 essence of greatness is neglect of the self"
"Philosophy goes no further than probabilities, and in every assertion keeps a doubt in reserve"
"Instruction does not prevent wasted time or mistakes; and mistakes themselves are often the best teachers of all"
"A person possessed with an idea cannot be reasoned with"
"The first duty of an historian is to be on guard against his own sympathies"
"The better one is morally the less aware they are of their virtue"
"In everyday things the law of sacrifice takes the form of positive duty"
"The secret of a person's nature lies in their religion and what they really believes about the world and their place in it"
"The practical effect of a belief is the real test of its soundness"
"Science rests on reason and experiment, and can meet an opponent with calmness; but a belief is always sensitive"
"Human improvement is from within outward"
"No person is ever good for much, that hasn't been swept off their feet by enthusiasm between ages twenty and thirty"
"Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children"
"You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one"
"We enter the world alone, we leave the world alone"
"To deny the freedom of the will is to make morality impossible"
"The endurance of the inequalities of life by the poor is the marvel of human society"
"Superior strength is found in the long run to lie with those who had right on their side"
