13 Quotes & Sayings By John Morley

John Morley was an English aesthete and political writer. He was a Tory Member of Parliament from 1807 to 1830, and Lord Privy Seal from 1830 to 1834. He was a leading Tory politician in the latter years of the Regency, a period when the Tories were a time-honored relic of the party system, while Whigs were fast becoming a major force in politics. His prose style, while not innovative, is considered smooth and elegant.

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Labels are devices for saving talkative persons the trouble of thinking. John Morley
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The great business of life is to be to do to do without and to depart. John Morley
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The great business of life is to be to do to do without and to depart. John Morley
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Politics is a field where action is one long second best and where the choice constantly lies between two blunders. John Morley
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You cannot demonstrate an emotion or prove an aspiration. John Morley
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No man can climb out beyond the limitations of his own character. John Morley
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You have not converted a man because you have silenced him. John Morley
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Simplicity of character is no hindrance to subtlety of intellect. John Morley
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It makes all the difference in the world whether we put truth in the first place or in the second place. John Morley
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He who hates vice hates men. John Morley
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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
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In politics the choice is constantly between two evils. John Morley