William Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIThe secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes.
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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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London is a roost for every bird.
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The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.
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Man is only great when he acts from passion.
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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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What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.
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There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
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How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.
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Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter.
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Almost everything that is great has been done by youth.
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One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.
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Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.
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In a progressive country change is constant; change is inevitable.
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The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians.
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My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.
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As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.
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I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.
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The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes.
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Grief is the agony of an instant; the indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.
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Travel teaches toleration.
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Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation.
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I have brought myself, by long meditation, to the conviction that a human being with a settled purpose must accomplish it, and that nothing can resist a will which will stake even existence upon its fulfillment.
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Fear makes us feel our humanity.
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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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Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent.
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To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.
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