| A history in which every particular incident may be true may on the whole be false. |
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- Thomas Babington Macaulay |
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| History begins in novel and ends in essay. |
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- Thomas Babington Macaulay |
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| The best portraits are perhaps those in which there is a slight mixture of caricature; and we are not certain that the best histories are not those in which a little of the exaggeration of fictitious narrative is judiciously employed. Something is lost in accuracy; but much is gained in effect. The fainter lines are neglected; but the great characteristic features are imprinted on the mind forever. |
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- Thomas Babington Macaulay |
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| Perhaps no person can be a poet, or can even enjoy poetry, without a certain unsoundness of mind. |
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- Thomas Babington Macaulay |
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| The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he never would be found out. |
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- Thomas Babington Macaulay |
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| Few of the many wise apothegms which have been uttered have prevented a single foolish action. |
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- Thomas Babington Macaulay |
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