Every fiction since Homer has taught friendship, patriotism, generosity, contempt of death. These are the highest virtues; and the fictions which taught them were therefore of the highest, though not of unmixed, utility. James Mackintosh More Quotes by James Mackintosh More Quotes From James Mackintosh The powers of a man's mind are directly proportional to the quantity of coffee he drank. James Mackintosh coffee mind men Men are never so good or so bad as their opinions. James Mackintosh opinion men Diffused knowledge immortalizes itself. James Mackintosh self-knowledge knowledge It is right to be content with what we have, never with what we are. James Mackintosh positive A vice utterly at variance with the happiness of him who harbors it, and, as such, condemned by self-love. James Mackintosh harbors vices self The Commons, faithful to their system, remained in a wise and masterly inactivity. James Mackintosh faithful faith wise Those who preached faith, or in other words a pure mind, have always produced more popular virtue than those who preached good acts, or the mere regulation of outward works. James Mackintosh regulation virtue mind Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations. James Mackintosh good-sense maxims inspiring The frivolous work of polished idleness. James Mackintosh polished frivolous work It is not because we have been free, but because we have a right to be free, that we ought to demand freedom. Justice and liberty have neither birth nor race, youth nor age. James Mackintosh freedom responsibility rights The feminine graces of Madame de Sevigne's genius are exquisitely charming; but the philosophy and eloquence of Madame de Stael are above the distinction of sex. James Mackintosh grace philosophy sex Praise is the symbol which represents sympathy, and which the mind insensibly substitutes for its recollection and language. James Mackintosh language praise mind Whatever is popular deserves attention. James Mackintosh popularity song attention The wealth of society is its stock of productive labor. James Mackintosh productive wealth labor Those who differ most from the opinions of their fellow men are the most confident of the truth of their own. James Mackintosh opinion fellow-man men It is right to be contented with what we have, never with what we are. James Mackintosh contented right never
