James Anthony Froude Quotes and Sayings
- Name:
- James Anthony Froude (random)
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- Type:
- Historian
- Nationality:
- English
- Birth Date / Year:
- April 23, 1818
- Death Date / Year:
- October 20, 1894
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A person possessed with an idea cannot be reasoned with. James Anthony Froude | Refcard PDF ↑
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Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children. James Anthony Froude | Refcard PDF ↑
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As we advance in life, we learn the limits of our abilities. James Anthony Froude | Refcard PDF ↑
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Experience teaches slowly, and at the cost of mistakes. James Anthony Froude | Refcard PDF ↑
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Fear is the parent of cruelty. James Anthony Froude | Refcard PDF ↑
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Human improvement is from within outward. James Anthony Froude | Refcard PDF ↑
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In everyday things the law of sacrifice takes the form of positive duty. James Anthony Froude | Refcard PDF ↑
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Instruction does not prevent wasted time or mistakes; and mistakes themselves are often the best teachers of all. James Anthony Froude | Refcard PDF ↑
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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 | Refcard PDF ↑
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Philosophy goes no further than probabilities, and in every assertion keeps a doubt in reserve. James Anthony Froude | Refcard PDF ↑
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Science rests on reason and experiment, and can meet an opponent with calmness; but a belief is always sensitive. James Anthony Froude | Refcard PDF ↑
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Superior strength is found in the long run to lie with those who had right on their side. James Anthony Froude | Refcard PDF ↑
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The better one is morally the less aware they are of their virtue. James Anthony Froude | Refcard PDF ↑
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The endurance of the inequalities of life by the poor is the marvel of human society. James Anthony Froude | Refcard PDF ↑
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The essence of greatness is neglect of the self. James Anthony Froude | Refcard PDF ↑
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The first duty of an historian is to be on guard against his own sympathies. James Anthony Froude | Refcard PDF ↑
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The practical effect of a belief is the real test of its soundness. James Anthony Froude | Refcard PDF ↑
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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 | Refcard PDF ↑
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To deny the freedom of the will is to make morality impossible. James Anthony Froude | Refcard PDF ↑
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We enter the world alone, we leave the world alone. James Anthony Froude | Refcard PDF ↑
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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. James Anthony Froude | Refcard PDF ↑
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You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one. James Anthony Froude | Refcard PDF ↑
