Top 21 Quotes by James Anthony Froude

To deny the freedom of the will is to make morality impossible.

The essence of greatness is neglect of the self.

The first duty of an historian is to be on guard against his own sympathies.

The better one is morally the less aware they are of their virtue.

Philosophy goes no further than probabilities, and in every assertion keeps a doubt in reserve.

In everyday things the law of sacrifice takes the form of positive duty.

Instruction does not prevent wasted time or mistakes; and mistakes themselves are often the best teachers of all.

A person possessed with an idea cannot be reasoned with.

Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself.

Superior strength is found in the long run to lie with those who had right on their side.