John Morley Browse All Authors Top 16 quotes by John Morley You have not converted a man because you have silenced him. John Morley They are the guiding oracles which man has found out for himself in that great business of ours, of learning how to be, to do, to do without, and to depart. John Morley Where it is duty to worship the sun, it is pretty sure to be a crime to examine the laws of heat. John Morley The great business of life is to be, to do, to do without and to depart. John Morley withoutgreatbusinesslife No man can climb out beyond the limitations of his own character. John Morley climbownmancharacter A proverb is good sense brought to a point. John Morley proverbsensepointgood Politics is a field where the choice lies constantly between two blunders. John Morley choicewherepoliticstwo Where it is a duty to worship the sun it is pretty sure to be a crime to examine the laws of heat. John Morley dutyworshipsunreligion Evolution is not a force but a process. Not a cause but a law. John Morley forceevolutionprocesslaw They act as if they supposed that to be very sanguine about the general improvement of mankind is a virtue that relieves them from taking trouble about any improvement in particular. John Morley actvirtueimprovementtrouble Literature, the most seductive, the most deceiving, the most dangerous of professions. John Morley mostseductivedangerousliterature Even good opinions are worth very little unless we hold them in the broad, intelligent, and spacious way. John Morley worthopinionsgoodway In politics the choice is constantly between two evils. John Morley evilschoicepoliticstwo He who hates vice hates men. John Morley hateshewhomen You cannot demonstrate an emotion or prove an aspiration. John Morley cannotyouproveemotion A great interpreter of life ought not himself to need interpretation. John Morley needgreatinterpretationlife
