We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIIt destroys one’s nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being.
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My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.
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There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations.
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Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm.
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War is never a solution; it is an aggravation.
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I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.
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Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness and with fervor.
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A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.
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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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Never take anything for granted.
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To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.
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Moderation is the center wherein all philosophies, both human and divine, meet.
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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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London is a roost for every bird.
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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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In politics nothing is contemptible.
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You will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities to be found in public life.
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Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation.
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The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians.
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Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.
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A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest;
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A majority is always better than the best repartee.
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The governments of the present day have to deal not merely with other governments, with emperors, kings and ministers, but also with the secret societies which have everywhere their unscrupulous agents, and can at the last moment upset all the governments’ plans.
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Nature, like man, sometimes weeps from gladness.
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It is much easier to be critical than to be correct.
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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
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Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent.
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