#ch

Each wrong act brings with it its own anesthetic, dulling the conscience and blinding it against further light, and sometimes for years. ↗

— Rose Macaulay

#against #anesthetic #blinding #brings #conscience

The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out. ↗

— Thomas B. Macaulay

#found #knew #man #measure #never

Nothing is so galling to a people not broken in from the birth as a paternal, or, in other words, a meddling government, a government which tells them what to read, and say, and eat, and drink and wear. ↗

— Thomas B. Macaulay

#broken #drink #eat #galling #government

He was a rake among scholars, and a scholar among rakes. ↗

— Thomas B. Macaulay

#rake #scholar #scholars

As adults feign disinterest in science - children can grab hold of it to distinguish themselves. ↗

— Norman Macleod

#distinguish #feign #grab #hold #science

I shall not be satisfied unless I produce something which shall for a few days supersede the last fashionable novel on the tables of young ladies. ↗

— Thomas B. Macaulay

#fashionable #few #i #ladies #last

She thoroughly understands what no other Church has ever understood, how to deal with enthusiasts. ↗

— Thomas B. Macaulay

#deal #enthusiasts #ever #how #other

Such night in England ne'er had been, nor ne'er again shall be. ↗

— Thomas B. Macaulay

#been #england #had #night #nor

The English Bible - a book which, if everything else in our language should perish, would alone suffice to show the whole extent of its beauty and power. ↗

— Thomas B. Macaulay

#beauty #bible #book #else #english

The gallery in which the reporters sit has become a fourth estate of the realm. ↗

— Thomas B. Macaulay

#estate #fourth #gallery #realm #reporters