Clarendon Quotes

A collection of quotes by Clarendon.

Clarendon, also known as Edward Hyde (1609-1674), was an English historian and statesman. He served as the chief minister to King Charles II during the Restoration period. Clarendon is best known for his influential book, "The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England," which provided a detailed account of the English Civil War and its aftermath. As a loyalist, his political career faced challenges, leading to his exile in France. Despite controversies, Clarendon's contributions to English history and politics cannot be overlooked. The term "Clarendon Code" was named after him, referring to a series of laws that aimed to suppress nonconformist religious practices in the 1660s.

Anger is the most impotent of passions. It effects nothing i

Anger is the most impotent of passions. It effects nothing it goes about, and hurts the one who is possessed by it more than the one against whom it is directed.

Clarendon

Anger

Many books require no thought from those who read them, and

Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason: they made no such demand upon those who wrote them. Those works, therefore, are the most valuable, that set our thinking faculties in the fullest operation. understand them.

Clarendon

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