Almost everything that is great has been done by youth.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIThe secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes.
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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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Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation.
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Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.
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Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.
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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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William Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect.
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Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.
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The more extensive a man’s knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do.
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Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.
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Power has only one duty – to secure the social welfare of the People.
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War is never a solution; it is an aggravation.
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Youth is a blunder; Manhood a struggle, Old Age a regret.
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Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.
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Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen.
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Fear makes us feel our humanity.
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The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.
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There is no gambling like politics.
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The right honourable gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes.
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There is moderation even in excess.
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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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Moderation is the center wherein all philosophies, both human and divine, meet.
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In a progressive country change is constant; change is inevitable.
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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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Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends.
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There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
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Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.
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