Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIWhat we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.
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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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Nature, like man, sometimes weeps from gladness.
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Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation.
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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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Silence is the mother of truth.
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Fear makes us feel our humanity.
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As for our majority… one is enough.
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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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Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.
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There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour.
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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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There is moderation even in excess.
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It destroys one’s nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being.
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A Conservative Government is an organized hypocrisy.
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Man is only great when he acts from passion.
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