The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIThe Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity.
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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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Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem; and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art.
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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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Grief is the agony of an instant; the indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.
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Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm.
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Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.
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Youth is a blunder; Manhood a struggle, Old Age a regret.
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The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes.
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It destroys one’s nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being.
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A majority is always better than the best repartee.
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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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War is never a solution; it is an aggravation.
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Nature, like man, sometimes weeps from gladness.
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Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.
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Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.
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