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An historian without political passions is as rare as a wasp without a sting.

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Guests are the delight of leisure, and the solace of ennui.
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There is no liberal education for the under-languaged.
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English civilization rests largely upon tea and cricket, with mighty spurts of enjoyment on Derby Day, and at Newmarket.
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I do strive to think well of my fellow man, but no amount of striving can give me confidence in the wisdom of a congressional vote.
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The soul begins to travel when the child begins to think.
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fair play is less characteristic of groups than of individuals.
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Philadelphians are every whit as mediocre as their neighbors, but they seldom encourage each other in mediocrity by giving it a more agreeable name.
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It is not begging but the beggar, who has forfeited favor with the elect.
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History is not written in the interests of morality.
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To have given pleasure to one human being is a recollection that sweetens life.
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Love is a malady, the common symptoms of which are the same in all patients.
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the pleasure of possession, whether we possess trinkets, or offspring – or possibly books, or prints, or chessmen, or postage stamps – lies in showing these things to friends who are experiencing no immediate urge to look at them.
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If we go to church we are confronted with a system of begging so complicated and so resolute that all other demands sink into insignificance by its side.
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We may fail of our happiness, strive we ever so bravely; but we are less likely to fail if we measure with judgement our chances and our capabilities.
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The delusions of the past seem fond and foolish. The delusions of the present seem subtle and sane.
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