Quotes by Temple, Sir William

There cannot live a more unhappy creature than an ill-natured old man, >>

The abilities of man must fall short on one side or the other, like to >>

The first glass is for myself, the second for my friends, the third fo >>

Quotations about Humankind

Man has, as it were, become a kind of prosthetic God. When he puts on >>

The history of mankind is the history of ideas. >>

What is the use of this fuss about morality when the issue only involv >>

When all is done, human life is, at the greatest and the best, but like a froward child, that must be played with and humored a little to keep it quiet till it falls asleep, and then the care is over.

Temple, Sir William