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The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless power without abusing it.

Thomas Babington Macaulay

Review of Aiken's Life of Addison (1843).

The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless power without abusing it.

The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless power without abusing it.

The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless power without abusing it.

The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless power without abusing it.

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No longer shall I paint interiors with men reading and women knitting. I will paint living people who breathe and feel and suffer and love.

Thomas Babington Macaulay

Thomas Babington Macaulay

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Born: October 25, 1800

Died: December 28, 1859 (aged 59)

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