Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent.
BENJAMIN DISRAELILet 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 best security for civilization is the dwelling, and upon properly appointed and becoming dwellings depends, more than anything else, the improvement of mankind.
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The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.
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There is no education like adversity.
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Nine-tenths of the existing books are nonsense and the clever books are the refutation of that nonsense.
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I repeat… that all power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the people and for the people all springs, and all must exist.
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Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.
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No man is regular in his attendance at the House of Commons until he is married.
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There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
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No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition.
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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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Fear makes us feel our humanity.
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Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation.
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London is a roost for every bird.
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Silence is the mother of truth.
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