A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest;
BENJAMIN DISRAELIWar is never a solution; it is an aggravation.
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There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations.
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A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.
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Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.
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The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes.
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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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The right honourable gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes.
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The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.
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Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.
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There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
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The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians.
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Without tact you can learn nothing.
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Nobody is forgotten when it is convenient to remember him.
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It destroys one’s nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being.
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Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.
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As for our majority… one is enough.
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