"Where all are selfish, the sage is no better than the fool, and only rather more dangerous."

--

Source : James Anthony Froude (2004). “Short Studies on Great Subjects”, p.443, The Minerva Group, Inc.

James Anthony Froude

#Selfish Quotes #Sage Quotes #Fool Quotes

“I think I've been an incredible example to my kids of what not to do.”
“There is no perception among the American people, nor their elected representatives, that there is a serious problem that needs fixing.”
“Revolutions are not made for export.”
“With good planning, Africa can have cities, farms, factories, export processing zones. But if the political will is there, the huge areas - the Serengeti, the Okavango, the Kalahari, Kruger - these wonderful, huge places for wildlife could still be set aside and protected, and be treasures for humanity for many generations to come.”
“Now that you are dead, you are splendid. Photographs of people who have just died are worth twenty percent more, and for suicides there is an additional five percent. Now that you are dead you are much in demand.”
“I remember a time when I would hear a band and then want to hear everything that sounded like it; I wanted it to feel like I was tapping into a thing, even if it wasn't.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“The 'Degrassi' producers were very supportive. They sent me flowers when I got 'The Vampire Diaries,' and then as soon as it premiered and got the great numbers that it did, I got another large bouquet of flowers from them. Every time I go back to Toronto, I see them and hang out with them.”
“Collective will supplants individual whim”

You may also like:

Edward Augustus Freeman
Writer
Geoffrey Blainey
Historian
Henry James Sumner Maine
Historian
Jane Welsh Carlyle
Writer
Peter Tait
Physicist
Thomas B. Macaulay
Former Secretary at War
Thomas Carlyle
Philosopher
Wendell Phillips
Lawyer
William Edward Hartpole Lecky
Political figure