The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.
Thomas B. MacaulayThus our democracy was from an early period the most aristocratic, and our aristocracy the most democratic.
Thomas B. MacaulayThe business of the dramatist is to keep himself out of sight, and to let nothing appear but his characters. As soon as he attracts notice to his personal feelings, the illusion is broken.
Thomas B. Macaulay