Thomas B. Macaulay Quotes About Evil

Quotes about: Evil

• But thou, through good and evil, praise and blame,
  Wilt not thou love me for myself alone?
  Yes, thou wilt love me with exceeding love,
  And I will tenfold all that love repay;
  Still smiling, though the tender may reprove,
  Still faithful, though the trusted may betray.

  Thomas B. Macaulay

  Life, Evil, Faithful

  Thomas Babbington Macaulay, “Lines Written In August”

• There is only one cure for the evils which newly acquired freedom produces, and that cure is freedom.

  Thomas B. Macaulay

  Evil, Cures, Produce

  "Critical and Historical Essays: Volume II" by Thomas B. Macaulay, London: J. M. Dent and Sons, (p. 180), 1907.

• Queen Mary had a way of interrupting tattle about elopements, duels, and play debts, by asking the tattlers, very quietly yet significantly, whether they had ever read her favorite sermon--Dr. Tillotson on Evil Speaking.

  Thomas B. Macaulay

  Queens, Play, Evil

• A vice sanctioned by the general opinion is merely a vice. The evil terminates in itself. A vice condemned by the general opinion produces a pernicious effect on the whole character. The former is a local malady; the latter, constitutional taint. When the reputation of the offender is lost, he too often flings the remainder of his virtue after it in despair.

  Thomas B. Macaulay

  Character, Evil, Despair

• Thus, then, stands the case. It is good, that authors should be remunerated; and the least exceptionable way of remunerating them is by a monopoly. Yet monopoly is an evil. For the sake of the good we must submit to the evil; but the evil ought not to last a day longer than is necessary for the purpose of securing the good.

  Thomas B. Macaulay

  Evil, Purpose, Sake

  "Speech on the Copyright Bill". February 5, 1841.

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