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What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.

Benjamin Disraeli

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A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.
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Believe Capricious Chance Consistent Destiny One
The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity.
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Nation Posterity Trustee Youth
Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.
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Biography History Life Nothing Raed Theory
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
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Fear Most New People Step Take Utter Word
One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.
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Come Man One Opportunity Ready Secret Success
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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Again Between Calamity Difference Drag Fortunate Gladstone Misfortune Someone
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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Conservative Enjoyment Garment Himself Left Liberal Position
There is moderation even in excess.
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Access Even Moderation
The right honourable gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes.
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Away Bath Caught Cloth Gentlemen Honourable Right Walk
We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets.
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Conquer Occasion Opportunity Powerful Prophet Should Lose
Things must be done by parties, not by persons using parties as tools.
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Done Must Party Person Thing Tool Use
Where knowledge ends, religion begins.
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End Knowledge Religion
Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.
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Independence Miracle Nationality Physical Political Principal Race
There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
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Damned Kind Lie Statistic There
Man is only great when he acts from passion.
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Act Great Man Only Passion
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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Agent Circumstance Creature Free Man More Powerful

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