42 Quotes by Goldwin Smith

Whatever things may have been in their origin, they are what they are, both in themselves and in regard to their indications respecting other beings or influences the existence of which may be implied in theirs.

Art is expression, and to have high expression you must have something high to express.

No student of history can fail to see the moral interest of the Middle Ages, any more than an artist can fail to see their aesthetic interest.

That Rome was comparatively great and wealthy is certain.

The Romans, we are told, were by nature a peculiarly warlike race.

We must also be permitted to bear in mind that evolution, though it may explain everything else, cannot explain itself.

The Roman legions were formed in the first instance of citizen soldiers, who yet had been made to submit to a rigid discipline, and to feel that in that submission lay their strength.

It is evident that in the period designated as that of the kings, when Rome commenced her career of conquest, she was, for that time and country, a great and wealthy city.

Never had there been such an attempt to make conquest the servant of civilization. About keeping India there is no question. England has a real duty there.