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10 quotes by Frederic William Farrar

Frederic William Farrar (Mumbai, 7 August 1831 – Canterbury, 22 March 1903) was a cleric of the Church of England (Anglican), schoolteacher and author. He was a pallbearer at the funeral of Charles Darwin in 1882. He was a member of the Cambridge Apostles secret society.
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There is only one real failure in life that is possible, and that is, not to be true to the best one knows.

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Man's liberty ends, and it ought to end, when that liberty becomes the curse of its neighbors.

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If ever I want to amuse myself with an idiot, I have not far to look for one. I laugh at myself.

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No man can pass into eternity, for he is already in it.

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But in the life of every man there are influences of a far more real and penetrating character than those which come through the medium of schools or... →

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There was living in the palace at this time a brother of the great Germanicus, and consequently an uncle of the late emperor, whose name was Claudius... →

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Whether the prayer of Seneca was granted we do not know; but, as we do not again hear of Marcus, it is probable that he died before his father, and... →

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Seneca brings vividly before us a picture of the various scholars assembled in a school of the philosophers.

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For although Claudius had been accused of gambling and drunkenness, not only were no worse sins laid to his charge, but he had successfully... →

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The decision of such judges as Claudius and his Senate is worth very little in the question of a man's innocence or guilt; but the sentence was... →

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