Quote#Wisdom
Diffused knowledge immortalizes itself
Quote byJames Mackintosh · 1765–1832
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Vindiciæ Gallicæ (1791)..
English (original)
Diffused knowledge immortalizes itself.
— James Mackintosh
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It is right to be content with what we have, but never with what we are.
Disciplined inaction.
The frivolous work of polished idleness.
The Commons, faithful to their system, remained in a wise and masterly inactivity.
The scene was changed. It was a bark that slowly held its way, And o'er its lee the coast of France in the light of evening lay; And on its deck a lady sat, who gazed with tearful eyes Upon the fast receding hills that dim and distant rise.
So All is diff’rent, and yet All is One.