You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIFaith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem; and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art.
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Youth is a blunder; Manhood a struggle, Old Age a regret.
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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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Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.
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Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.
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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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The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes.
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Without tact you can learn nothing.
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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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In politics nothing is contemptible.
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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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London is a roost for every bird.
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Finality is not the language of politics.
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A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.
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The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes.
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