Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIThings must be done by parties, not by persons using parties as tools.
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The fool wonders, the wise man asks.
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A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest;
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A majority is always better than the best repartee.
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The governments of the present day have to deal not merely with other governments, with emperors, kings and ministers, but also with the secret societies which have everywhere their unscrupulous agents, and can at the last moment upset all the governments’ plans.
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The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity.
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Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.
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Damn your principles! Stick to your party.
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Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.
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Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.
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Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.
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Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.
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The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes.
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Almost everything that is great has been done by youth.
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Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness and with fervor.
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Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.
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