The Commons, faithful to their system, remained in a wise and masterly inactivity. 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 coffeemindmen Men are never so good or so bad as their opinions. James Mackintosh opinionmen Diffused knowledge immortalizes itself. James Mackintosh self-knowledgeknowledge 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 harborsvicesself 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 regulationvirtuemind Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations. James Mackintosh good-sensemaximsinspiring The frivolous work of polished idleness. James Mackintosh polishedfrivolouswork 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 freedomresponsibilityrights 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 generositytaughtfiction 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 gracephilosophysex Praise is the symbol which represents sympathy, and which the mind insensibly substitutes for its recollection and language. James Mackintosh languagepraisemind Whatever is popular deserves attention. James Mackintosh popularitysongattention The wealth of society is its stock of productive labor. James Mackintosh productivewealthlabor Those who differ most from the opinions of their fellow men are the most confident of the truth of their own. James Mackintosh opinionfellow-manmen It is right to be contented with what we have, never with what we are. James Mackintosh contentedrightnever
