As we advance in life, we learn the limits of our abilities. James Anthony Froude More Quotes by James Anthony Froude More Quotes From James Anthony Froude The best that we can do for one another is to exchange our thoughts freely; and that, after all, is about all. James Anthony Froude our-thoughts can-do education Men think to mend their condition by a change of circumstances. They might as well hope to escape from their shadows. James Anthony Froude shadow men thinking In every department of life--in its business and in its pleasures, in its beliefs and in its theories, in its material developments and in its spiritual connections--we thank God that we are not like our fathers. James Anthony Froude progress spiritual father The practical effect of a belief is the real test of its soundness. Where we find a heroic life appearing as the uniform fruit of a particular mode of opinion, it is childish to argue in the face of fact that the result ought to have been different. James Anthony Froude tests different real Nature is not a partisan, but out of her ample treasue house she produces children in infinite variety, of which she is equally the mother, and disowns none of them. James Anthony Froude nature mother children Courage is, on all hands, considered as an essential of high character. James Anthony Froude courage character hands Truth only smells sweet forever, and illusions, however innocent, are deadly as the canker worm. James Anthony Froude smell truth sweet The endurance of the inequalities of life by the poor is the marvel of human society. James Anthony Froude inequality endurance poor High original genius is always ridiculed on its first appearance; most of all by those who have won themselves the highest reputation in working on the established lines. Genius only commands recognition when it has created the taste which is to appreciate it. James Anthony Froude appreciate lines taste It is ill changing the creed to meet each rising temptation. The soul is truer than it seems, and refuses to be trifled with. James Anthony Froude rising soul temptation A person possessed with an idea cannot be reasoned with. James Anthony Froude persons reason ideas Justice without wisdom is impossible. James Anthony Froude wisdom impossible justice The secret of a person's nature lies in their religion and what they really believes about the world and their place in it. James Anthony Froude nature believe lying History is a voice forever sounding across the centuries the laws of right and wrong. Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral law is written on the tablets of eternity. James Anthony Froude voice law fall The better one is morally the less aware they are of their virtue. James Anthony Froude morality virtue A dreamer he was, and ever would be. Yet dreaming need not injure us, if it do but take its turn with waking; and even dreams themselves may be turned to beauty, by favoured men to whom nature has given the powers of casting them into form. James Anthony Froude would-be dream men Our human laws are but the copies, more or less imperfect, of the eternal laws, so far as we can read them. James Anthony Froude imperfection eternity law Our thoughts and our conduct are our own. James Anthony Froude our-thoughts character The first duty of an historian is to be on his guard against his own sympathies... James Anthony Froude historian duty firsts The war of good and evil is mightiest in mightiest souls, and even in the darkest time the heart will maintain its right against the hardest creed. James Anthony Froude evil heart war
