Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds.
BENJAMIN DISRAELINature, like man, sometimes weeps from gladness.
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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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The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes.
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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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It is much easier to be critical than to be correct.
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Nature, like man, sometimes weeps from gladness.
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The palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy.
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Man is only great when he acts from passion.
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The view of Jerusalem is the history of the world; it is more, it is the history of earth and of heaven.
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Grief is the agony of an instant; the indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.
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Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.
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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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Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.
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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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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 man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely in the House of Lords.
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