Success is the child of audacity.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIEveryone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel.
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The view of Jerusalem is the history of the world; it is more, it is the history of earth and of heaven.
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Things must be done by parties, not by persons using parties as tools.
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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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Moderation is the center wherein all philosophies, both human and divine, meet.
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Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel.
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A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.
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Finality is not the language of politics.
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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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Nobody is forgotten when it is convenient to remember him.
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A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.
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The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity.
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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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What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.
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A majority is always better than the best repartee.
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Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.
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