Famous quotes containing the words babington macaulay, thomas, babington and/or macaulay:
“We know no spectacle so ridiculous as the British public in one of its periodical fits of morality.”
—Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800–1859)
“Joy is the knock of dust, Cadaver’s shoot
Of bud of Adam through his boxy shift....”
—Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)
“The Puritan hated bearbaiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.”
—Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800–1859)
“Turn where we may, within, around, the voice of great events is proclaiming to us, Reform, that you may preserve!”
—Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800–1859)