Top 5 Dumas Malone Quotes (2025 Update)

Dumas Malone Quote: “The boldness of his mind was sheathed in a scabbard of politeness.”

1. “The boldness of his mind was sheathed in a scabbard of politeness.”

2. “I would recommend it to you to reflect, and remark on, and digest what you read; to enter into the spirit and design of your author; to observe every step he takes to accomplish his end; and to dwell on any remarkable beauties of diction, justness or sublimity of sentiment, or masterly strokes of true wit which may occur in the course of your reading.”

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3. “What he learned from his favorite teacher was not obedience to authority but delight in the exercise of his mind.”

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4. “The fact that we became a nation and immediately separated church and state – it has saved us from all the misery that has beset mankind with inquisitions, internecine and civil wars, and other assorted ills.”

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5. “He learned from the Greek poets “not to expect too much from life; not to dream of a chimerical bliss,... but to do his duty, without expecting to be rewarded... , to cultivate his friends and love his country even to the point of self sacrifice.” From ancient writers he learned the possibility of courageous resignation, and under their inspiration he worked out for himself a program which was little short of the heroic.”

— Dumas Malone

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