A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIWhat we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.
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The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity.
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Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.
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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
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One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it 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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He has left them in the full enjoyment of their liberal positions, and he is himself a strict conservative of their garments.
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There is moderation even in excess.
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The right honourable gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes.
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We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets.
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Things must be done by parties, not by persons using parties as tools.
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Where knowledge ends, religion begins.
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Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.
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There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
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Man is only great when he acts from passion.
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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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