“The frivolous work of polished idleness.”
Dissertation on the Progress of Ethical Philosophy (1830), Section VI: Foundation of a More Just Theory of Ethics — "Thomas Brown", paragraph 3.
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“It is right to be content with what we have, but never with what we are.”
Memoirs of the Life of the Right Honourable Sir James Mackintosh Vol. I (1835), edited by his son Robert James Mackintosh. London: Edward Moxon, p. 482.
Review of the Causes of the Revolution of 1688 (1834), Chapter VII, paragraph 1.
“The theory (propounded by Vedanta) [is] refined, abstruse, ingenious and beautiful.”
Quoted from Londhe, S. (2008). A tribute to Hinduism: Thoughts and wisdom spanning continents and time about India and her culture. New Delhi: Pragun Publication.
