Thomas Babington Macaulay on Christmas
1800–1859 England
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I would rather be a poor man in a garret with plenty of books than a king who did not love reading.
He had a head which statuaries loved to copy, and a foot the deformity of which the beggars in the streets mimicked.
Moore's Life of Lord Byron', The Edinburgh Review (1830)
That wonderful book [The Pilgrim's Progress], while it obtains admiration from the most fastidious critics, is loved by those who are too simple to admire it.
But thou, through good and evil, praise and blame,
Wilt not thou love me for myself alone?
Yes, thou wilt love me with exceeding love,
And I will tenfold all that love repay;
Still smiling, though the tender may reprove,
Still faithful, though the trusted may betray.