The strong man with the dagger is followed by the weak man with the sponge.
Lectures on the French Revolution - 1910. Project Gutenberg.
A Lecture on the Study of History, 1895 Macmillan - 1911, Project Gutenberg.
There is not a more perilous or immoral habit of mind than the sanctifying of success.
Lectures on Modern History - 1895, Lecture XI, The Puritan Revolution, at Project Gutenberg.
Universal History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.
Lectures on Modern History - 895, Appendix I. at Project Gutenberg.
There is no error so monstrous that it fails to find defenders among the ablest men.
Letter to Mary Gladstone, 24 April 1881; later published in Letters of Lord Acton to Mary Gladstone - 1913.
The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. Every class is unfit to govern.
Letter to Mary Gladstone - 24 April 1881; later published in Letters of Lord Acton to Mary Gladstone - 1913.
Be not content with the best book; seek sidelights from the others; have no favourites.
Inaugural Lecture on the Study of History - 1895.
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