Both in individuals and in masses violent excitement is always followed by remission, and often by reaction. We are all inclined to depreciate whatever we have overpraised, and, on the other hand, to show undue indulgence where we have shown undue rigor.


Critical and Miscellaneous Essays (ed. 1843)

Thomas Babington Macaulay Quotes

Both in individuals and in masses violent excitement is always followed by remission, and often by reaction. We are all inclined to depreciate...

Both in individuals and in masses violent excitement is always followed by remission, and often by reaction. We are all inclined to depreciate...

Both in individuals and in masses violent excitement is always followed by remission, and often by reaction. We are all inclined to depreciate...

Both in individuals and in masses violent excitement is always followed by remission, and often by reaction. We are all inclined to depreciate...