James Anthony Froude Quote

The Providence that watches over the affairs of men works out of their mistakes, at times, a healthier issue than could have been accomplished by their wisest forethought.


Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 278.


The Providence that watches over the affairs of men works out of their mistakes, at times, a healthier issue than could have been accomplished by...

The Providence that watches over the affairs of men works out of their mistakes, at times, a healthier issue than could have been accomplished by...

The Providence that watches over the affairs of men works out of their mistakes, at times, a healthier issue than could have been accomplished by...

The Providence that watches over the affairs of men works out of their mistakes, at times, a healthier issue than could have been accomplished by...