1818-1894, British Historian
A person possessed with an idea cannot be reasoned with.
James A. Froude – [Reason]
As we advance in life we learn the limits of our abilities.
James A. Froude – [Ability]
Human improvement is from within outward.
James A. Froude – [Character]
In everyday things the law of sacrifice takes the form of positive duty.
James A. Froude – [Sacrifice]
No person is ever good for much, that hasn't been swept off their feet by enthusiasm between ages twenty and thirty.
James A. Froude – [Enthusiasm]
Our human laws are more or less imperfect copies of the external laws as we see them.
James A. Froude – [Law and Lawyers]
Philosophy goes no further than probabilities, and in every assertion keeps a doubt in reserve.
James A. Froude – [Philosophers and Philosophy]
Science rests on reason and experiment, and can meet an opponent with calmness; but a belief is always sensitive.
James A. Froude – [Science and Scientists]
Superior strength is found in the long run to lie with those who had right on their side.
James A. Froude – [Strength]
The better one is morally the less aware they are of their virtue.
James A. Froude – [Morality]
The essence of greatness is neglect of the self.
James A. Froude – [Greatness]
The first duty of an historian is to be on guard against his own sympathies.
James A. Froude – [History and Historians]
The practical effect of a belief is the real test of its soundness.
James A. Froude – [Belief]
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 A. Froude – [Humankind]
To deny the freedom of the will is to make morality impossible.
James A. Froude – [Will and Will Power]
We enter the world alone, we leave the world alone.
James A. Froude – [Loneliness]
Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself.
James A. Froude – [Humankind]
You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.
James A. Froude – [Character]