Quotes and anectdotes from the wise to the foolish, and the courageous to the drunk

James Anthony Froude Author

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: England
  • Born: Apr 23, 1818
  • Died: Oct 20, 1894

James Anthony Froude was an English historian, novelist, biographer, and editor of Fraser's Magazine. From his upbringing amidst the Anglo-Catholic Oxford Movement, Froude intended to become a clergyman, but doubts about the doctrines of the Anglican church, published in his scandalous 1849 novel The Nemesis of Faith, drove him to abandon his religious career. Froude turned to writing history, becoming one of the best known historians of his time for his History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Defeat of the Spanish Armada. Inspired by Thomas Carlyle, Froude's historical writings were often fiercely polemical, earning him a number of outspoken opponents. Froude continued to be controversial up until his death for his Life of Carlyle, which he published along with personal writings of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle. These publications illuminated Carlyle's often selfish personality, and led to persistent gossip and discussion of the couple's marital problems.

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

Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself. death

We enter the world alone, we leave the world alone. alone

The secret of a person's nature lies in their religion and what they really believes about the world and their place in it. religion

To deny the freedom of the will is to make morality impossible. freedom

In everyday things the law of sacrifice takes the form of positive duty. positive

Science rests on reason and experiment, and can meet an opponent with calmness but a belief is always sensitive. science