The more extensive a man’s knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIExperience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.
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Grief is the agony of an instant; the indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.
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Man is made to adore and to obey: but if you will not command him, if you give him nothing to worship, he will fashion his own divinities, and find a chieftain in his own passions.
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The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend.
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It is much easier to be critical than to be correct.
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The difference between a misfortune and a calamity is this: If Gladstone fell into the Thames, it would be a misfortune. But if someone dragged him out again, that would be a calamity.
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When a man fell into his anecdotage it was a sign for him to retire from the world.
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Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.
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Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.
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Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.
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Moderation is the center wherein all philosophies, both human and divine, meet.
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Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.
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My objection to Liberalism is this that it is the introduction into the practical business of life of the highest kind namely, politics of philosophical ideas instead of political principles.
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Two nations between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy; who are as ignorant of each other’s habits, thoughts, and feelings, as if they were dwellers in different zones, or inhabitants of different planets. The rich and the poor.
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Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.
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The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians.
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