The right honourable gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes.
BENJAMIN DISRAELISomething unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth.
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No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition.
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There are two distinct styles requisite: I intend, in the course of my career, if I have time, to give a specimen of both.
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Almost everything that is great has been done by youth.
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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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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 no waste of time in life like that of making explanations.
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The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.
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Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.
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The secret of success is constancy to purpose.
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The best security for civilization is the dwelling, and upon properly appointed and becoming dwellings depends, more than anything else, the improvement of mankind.
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The first magic of love is our ignorance that it can ever end.
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Things must be done by parties, not by persons using parties as tools.
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Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem; and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art.
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Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.
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Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.
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