George Bancroft Quotes and Sayings
- Name:
- George Bancroft (random)
- Books & Videos:
- George Bancroft Books & Videos
- Type:
- Historian
- Nationality:
- American
- Birth Date / Year:
- October 3, 1800
- Death Date / Year:
- January 17, 1891
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Avarice is the vice of declining years. George Bancroft | Refcard PDF ↑
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Beauty is but the sensible image of the Infinite. Like truth and justice it lives within us; like virtue and the moral law it is a companion of the soul. George Bancroft | Refcard PDF ↑
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By common consent gray hairs are a crown of glory; the only object of respect that can never excite envy. George Bancroft | Refcard PDF ↑
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Conscience is the mirror of our souls, which represents the errors of our lives in their full shape. George Bancroft | Refcard PDF ↑
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Dishonesty is so grasping it would deceive God himself, were it possible. George Bancroft | Refcard PDF ↑
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If reason is a universal faculty, the decision of the common mind is the nearest criterion of truth. George Bancroft | Refcard PDF ↑
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In nine times out of ten, the slanderous tongue belongs to a disappointed person. George Bancroft | Refcard PDF ↑
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The best government rests on the people, and not on the few, on persons and not on property, on the free development of public opinion and not on authority. George Bancroft | Refcard PDF ↑
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The exact measure of the progress of civilization is the degree in which the intelligence of the common mind has prevailed over wealth and brute force. George Bancroft | Refcard PDF ↑
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The fears of one class of men are not the measure of the rights of another. George Bancroft | Refcard PDF ↑
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The prejudices of ignorance are more easily removed than the prejudices of interest; the first are all blindly adopted, the second willfully preferred. George Bancroft | Refcard PDF ↑
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The public is wiser than the wisest critic. George Bancroft | Refcard PDF ↑
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Truth is not exciting enough to those who depend on the characters and lives of their neighbors for all their amusement. George Bancroft | Refcard PDF ↑
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Where the people possess no authority, their rights obtain no respect. George Bancroft | Refcard PDF ↑
