William Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect.
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The palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy.
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Frank and explicit – that is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and confuse the minds of others.
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Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.
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Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.
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Moderation is the center wherein all philosophies, both human and divine, meet.
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The more extensive a man’s knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do.
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Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.
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The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity.
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Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.
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A man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely in the House of Lords.
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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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Justice is truth in action.
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There are two distinct styles requisite: I intend, in the course of my career, if I have time, to give a specimen of both.
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Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm.
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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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