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J. C. Macaulay Quotes: "The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out."

The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.



J. C. Macaulay Quotes: "To sum up the whole, we should say that the aim of the Platonic philosophy was to exalt man into a god."

To sum up the whole, we should say that the aim of the Platonic philosophy was to exalt man into a god.




J. C. Macaulay Quotes: "It is a common delusion that you make things better by talking about them."

It is a common delusion that you make things better by talking about them.



J. C. Macaulay Quotes: "Life, for all its agonies...is exciting and beautiful, amusing and artful and endearing...and whatever is to come after it -- we shall not have this life again."

Life, for all its agonies...is exciting and beautiful, amusing and artful and endearing...and whatever is to come after it -- we shall not have this life again.




J. C. Macaulay Quotes: "It is possible to be below flattery as well as above it. One who trusts nobody will not trust sycophants. One who does not value real glory will not value its counterfeit."

It is possible to be below flattery as well as above it. One who trusts nobody will not trust sycophants. One who does not value real glory will not value its counterfeit.



J. C. Macaulay Quotes: "Finesse is the best adaptation of means to circumstances."

Finesse is the best adaptation of means to circumstances.



J. C. Macaulay Quotes: "People crushed by law have no hopes but from power. If laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to laws."

People crushed by law have no hopes but from power. If laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to laws.




J. C. Macaulay Quotes: "So they left the subject and played croquet, which is a very good game for people who are annoyed with one another, giving many opportunities for venting rancor."

So they left the subject and played croquet, which is a very good game for people who are annoyed with one another, giving many opportunities for venting rancor.



J. C. Macaulay Quotes: "Nothing except the mint can make money without advertising."

Nothing except the mint can make money without advertising.



J. C. Macaulay Quotes: "I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read."

I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read.



J. C. Macaulay Quotes: "I write a good amount. I've been gathering up a backlog of stuff and maybe I'll do something with it someday, but I don't want to talk about it just yet because that would jinx it."

I write a good amount. I've been gathering up a backlog of stuff and maybe I'll do something with it someday, but I don't want to talk about it just yet because that would jinx it.



J. C. Macaulay Quotes: "Most of the offers I get from Hollywood are for teen comedies. My manager thinks I'm crazy for turning down all that money, but I'm very picky."

Most of the offers I get from Hollywood are for teen comedies. My manager thinks I'm crazy for turning down all that money, but I'm very picky.




J. C. Macaulay Quotes: "The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators."

The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.



J. C. Macaulay Quotes: "I hope I'm remembered as the king of the world, the noble man who united all the nations of the earth. But that probably won't happen."

I hope I'm remembered as the king of the world, the noble man who united all the nations of the earth. But that probably won't happen.



J. C. Macaulay Quotes: "A good constitution is infinitely better than the best despot."

A good constitution is infinitely better than the best despot.



J. C. Macaulay Quotes: "In the long run, the power of kindness can redeem beyond the power of force to destroy. There is a vast reservoir of kindness that we can no longer afford do disregard."

In the long run, the power of kindness can redeem beyond the power of force to destroy. There is a vast reservoir of kindness that we can no longer afford do disregard.



J. C. Macaulay Quotes: "Ye diners out from whom we guard our spoons."

Ye diners out from whom we guard our spoons.



J. C. Macaulay Quotes: "I'm not one of those people who needs that gratification of doing, like, 10 films a year."

I'm not one of those people who needs that gratification of doing, like, 10 films a year.



J. C. Macaulay Quotes: "I can go to any restaurant without a reservation, but while I'm there, everyone's gonna be staring."

I can go to any restaurant without a reservation, but while I'm there, everyone's gonna be staring.



J. C. Macaulay Quotes: "I've led a very isolated existence since I was 6 years old. It's kind of been me and my mind."

I've led a very isolated existence since I was 6 years old. It's kind of been me and my mind.



J. C. Macaulay Quotes: "I don't even get an allowance."

I don't even get an allowance.



J. C. Macaulay Quotes: "I lead a simple life. I feed the fish. I walk the dogs. I cook dinner. Occasionally I take a meeting."

I lead a simple life. I feed the fish. I walk the dogs. I cook dinner. Occasionally I take a meeting.



J. C. Macaulay Quotes: "The best portraits are those in which there is a slight mixture of caricature."

The best portraits are those in which there is a slight mixture of caricature.



J. C. Macaulay Quotes: "The funny thing is, I'm not really a big reader, not a big fan of books in the first place."

The funny thing is, I'm not really a big reader, not a big fan of books in the first place.



J. C. Macaulay Quotes: "At the worst, a house unkept cannot be so distressing as a life unlived."

At the worst, a house unkept cannot be so distressing as a life unlived.



J. C. Macaulay Quotes: "And how can man die better than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his Gods?"

And how can man die better than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his Gods?



J. C. Macaulay Quotes: "Nothing is so galling to a people not broken in from birth as a paternal, or, in other words, a meddling government, a government which tells them what to read, and say, and eat, and drink and wear."

Nothing is so galling to a people not broken in from birth as a paternal, or, in other words, a meddling government, a government which tells them what to read, and say, and eat, and drink and wear.



J. C. Macaulay Quotes: "I'm doing naughty things, I'm drinking too much, I'm going to clubs. It really didn't matter to me, other than the fact that some parents wouldn't let their kids hang out with me."

I'm doing naughty things, I'm drinking too much, I'm going to clubs. It really didn't matter to me, other than the fact that some parents wouldn't let their kids hang out with me.



J. C. Macaulay Quotes: "Once you get to know your neighbors, you are no longer free, you are all tangled up, you have to stop and speak when you are out and you never feel safe when you are in."

Once you get to know your neighbors, you are no longer free, you are all tangled up, you have to stop and speak when you are out and you never feel safe when you are in.



J. C. Macaulay Quotes: "Your Constitution is all sail and no anchor."

Your Constitution is all sail and no anchor.



J. C. Macaulay Quotes: "The great and recurrent question about Abroad is, is it worth the trouble of getting there?"

The great and recurrent question about Abroad is, is it worth the trouble of getting there?



J. C. Macaulay Quotes: "Because of what I did when I was 10 years old, I'm not living from paycheck to paycheck, and I can do things because I want to do them."

Because of what I did when I was 10 years old, I'm not living from paycheck to paycheck, and I can do things because I want to do them.



J. C. Macaulay Quotes: "I have seen the hippopotamus, both asleep and awake; and I can assure you that, awake or asleep, he is the ugliest of the works of God."

I have seen the hippopotamus, both asleep and awake; and I can assure you that, awake or asleep, he is the ugliest of the works of God.



J. C. Macaulay Quotes: "Human passions against eternal laws -- that is the everlasting conflict."

Human passions against eternal laws -- that is the everlasting conflict.



J. C. Macaulay Quotes: "To lunch with the important ... that should be the daily goal of those for whom life is not a playground but a ladder."

To lunch with the important ... that should be the daily goal of those for whom life is not a playground but a ladder.



J. C. Macaulay Quotes: "The temple of silence and reconciliation."

The temple of silence and reconciliation.



J. C. Macaulay Quotes: "The conformation of his mind was such that whatever was little seemed to him great, and whatever was great seemed to him little."

The conformation of his mind was such that whatever was little seemed to him great, and whatever was great seemed to him little.



J. C. Macaulay Quotes: "The impulse to ask questions is among the more primitive human lusts."

The impulse to ask questions is among the more primitive human lusts.



J. C. Macaulay Quotes: "As to the family, I have never understood how that fits in with the other ideals -- or, indeed, why it should be an ideal at all."

As to the family, I have never understood how that fits in with the other ideals -- or, indeed, why it should be an ideal at all.



J. C. Macaulay Quotes: "Only one hour in the normal day is more pleasurable than the hour spent in bed with a book before going to sleep, and that is the hour spent in bed with a book after being called in the morning."

Only one hour in the normal day is more pleasurable than the hour spent in bed with a book before going to sleep, and that is the hour spent in bed with a book after being called in the morning.



J. C. Macaulay Quotes: "I'm not expecting the American literary community to welcome me with open arms. To them I'm just some schmuck kid who wrote some book."

I'm not expecting the American literary community to welcome me with open arms. To them I'm just some schmuck kid who wrote some book.



J. C. Macaulay Quotes: "Acting found me. I thought maybe I should try to find it again. We'll see."

Acting found me. I thought maybe I should try to find it again. We'll see.



J. C. Macaulay Quotes: "A lot of people meet me and they're like, 'Why aren't you crazy?'"

A lot of people meet me and they're like, 'Why aren't you crazy?'



J. C. Macaulay Quotes: "Gosh, I couldn't even talk right until I was about 6 years old or something like that."

Gosh, I couldn't even talk right until I was about 6 years old or something like that.



J. C. Macaulay Quotes: "I have a lot of growing up to do, or a lot of growing down. I think that's probably more appropriate."

I have a lot of growing up to do, or a lot of growing down. I think that's probably more appropriate.



J. C. Macaulay Quotes: "Atheism was natural enough, but heresy seemed strange. For, surely, if one could believe anything, one could believe everything."

Atheism was natural enough, but heresy seemed strange. For, surely, if one could believe anything, one could believe everything.



J. C. Macaulay Quotes: "Men of great conversational powers almost universally practise a sort of lively sophistry and exaggeration which deceives for the moment both themselves and their auditors."

Men of great conversational powers almost universally practise a sort of lively sophistry and exaggeration which deceives for the moment both themselves and their auditors.



J. C. Macaulay Quotes: "I could have gone the route of a lot of these former child actors, but I didn't want that for myself. Like I said, when I was 14 years old, I decided to quit. I didn't ever want to do it again."

I could have gone the route of a lot of these former child actors, but I didn't want that for myself. Like I said, when I was 14 years old, I decided to quit. I didn't ever want to do it again.



J. C. Macaulay Quotes: "I did a radio interview for a station in Connecticut or something, and it was the worst interview ever. It was all yes and no answers."

I did a radio interview for a station in Connecticut or something, and it was the worst interview ever. It was all yes and no answers.