Generalization is necessary to the advancement of knowledge; but particularity is indispensable — Thomas B. Macaulay
To be a really good historian is perhaps the rarest of intellectual distinctions. — Thomas B. Macaulay
In every age the vilest specimens of human nature are to be found among demagogues. — Thomas B. Macaulay
In truth it may be laid down as an almost universal rule that good poets are bad critics. — Thomas B. Macaulay
Genius is subject to the same laws which regulate the production of cotton and molasses. — Thomas B. Macaulay
The perfect disinterestedness and self-devotion of which men seem incapable, but which — Thomas B. Macaulay
A history in which every particular incident may be true may on the whole be false. — Thomas B. Macaulay
The most beautiful object in the world, it will be allowed, is a beautiful woman. — Thomas B. Macaulay