Logicians may reason about abstractions. But the great mass of men must have images. The strong tendency of the multitude in all ages and nations to idolatry can be explained on no other principle.
Thomas B. MacaulayMore sinners are cursed at not because we despise their sins but because we envy their success at sinning.
Thomas B. MacaulayThis is the highest miracle of genius, that things which are not should be as though they were, that the imaginations of one mind should become the personal recollections of another.
Thomas B. MacaulayThe good-humor of a man elated with success often displays itself towards enemies.
Thomas B. Macaulay