Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIWhat we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.
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There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations.
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Never take anything for granted.
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We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets.
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Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds.
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A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.
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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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The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes.
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Assassination has never changed the history of the world.
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Nobody is forgotten when it is convenient to remember him.
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Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
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The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.
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How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.
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The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.
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War is never a solution; it is an aggravation.
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I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.
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