Thomas Babington Macaulay - 1850

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.
Thomas Babington Macaulay
It is possible to be below flattery as well as above it.
Thomas Babington Macaulay
The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.
Thomas Babington Macaulay
It is possible to be below flattery as well as above it.

- Thomas Babington Macaulay - 1850