127 Quotes by James Anthony Froude

Crime is not punished as an offense against God, but as prejudicial to society.

Experience teaches slowly, and at the cost of mistakes.

As we advance in life, we learn the limits of our abilities.

Human improvement is from within outward.

No person is ever good for much, that hasn't been swept off their feet by enthusiasm between ages twenty and thirty

Philosophy goes no further than probabilities, and in every assertion keeps a doubt in reserve.

Superior strength is found in the long run to lie with those who had right on their side.

The better one is morally the less aware they are of their virtue.

The first duty of an historian is to be on guard against his own sympathies.