Thackeray and Balzac will make it possible for our descendants to live over again the England and France of to-day. Seen in this light, the novelist has a higher office than merely and amuse his contemporaries.
Never be afraid of What is good; the good is always the road to what is true. - Philip Gilbert Hamerton
Never be afraid of What is good; the good is always the road to what is true.
- Philip Gilbert Hamerton
Society is, and must be, based upon appearances, and not upon the deepest appearances, and not realities. - Philip Gilbert Hamerton
Society is, and must be, based upon appearances, and not upon the deepest appearances, and not realities.
The opinions of men who think are always growing and changing, like living children. - Philip Gilbert Hamerton
The opinions of men who think are always growing and changing, like living children.
Have you ever observed that we pay much more attention to a wise passage when it is quoted, than when we read it in the original author? - Philip Gilbert Hamerton
Have you ever observed that we pay much more attention to a wise passage when it is quoted, than when we read it in the original author?
Culture is like wealth; it makes us more ourselves, it enables us to express ourselves - Philip Gilbert Hamerton
Culture is like wealth; it makes us more ourselves, it enables us to express ourselves
Few of us have been so exceptionally unfortunate as not to find, in our own age, some experienced friend who has helped us by precious counsel, never… - Philip Gilbert Hamerton
Few of us have been so exceptionally unfortunate as not to find, in our own age, some experienced friend who has helped us by precious counsel, never…
The happiest life is that which constantly exercises and educates what is best in us. - Philip Gilbert Hamerton
The happiest life is that which constantly exercises and educates what is best in us.
Woe unto him that is never alone, and cannot bear to be alone. - Philip Gilbert Hamerton
Woe unto him that is never alone, and cannot bear to be alone.
What delights us in the spring is more a sensation than an appearance, more a hope than any visible reality. There is something in the softness of th… - Philip Gilbert Hamerton
What delights us in the spring is more a sensation than an appearance, more a hope than any visible reality. There is something in the softness of th…
Login to join the discussion
Login to join the discussion