John Morley Quotes & Sayings

You have not converted a man because you have silenced him. — John Morley

No man can climb out beyond the limitations of his own character. — John Morley

Evolution is not a force but a process. Not a cause but a law. — John Morley

A great interpreter of life ought not himself to need interpretation. — John Morley

You cannot demonstrate an emotion or prove an aspiration. — John Morley

Nature, it her most dazzling aspects or stupendous parts, is but the background and theatre of the tragedy of man — John Morley

He who hates vice hates men. — John Morley

Labels are devices for saving talkative persons the trouble of thinking. — John Morley

Even good opinions are worth very little unless we hold them in the broad, intelligent, and spacious way. — John Morley

The great business of life is to be, to do, to do without and to depart. — John Morley

Politics is a field where the choice lies constantly between two blunders. — John Morley

In politics the choice is constantly between two evils. — John Morley

A proverb is good sense brought to a point. — John Morley

They act as if they supposed that to be very sanguine about the general improvement of mankind is a virtue that relieves them from taking trouble about any improvement in particular. — John Morley

Where it is a duty to worship the sun, it is pretty sure to be a crime to examine the laws of heat. — John Morley