You will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities to be found in public life.
BENJAMIN DISRAELITime is precious, but truth is more precious than time.
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Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.
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Mediocrity can talk, but it is for genius to observe.
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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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There is moderation even in excess.
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A man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely in the House of Lords.
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Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth.
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The secret of success is constancy to purpose.
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Power has only one duty – to secure the social welfare of the People.
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Two nations between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy; who are as ignorant of each other’s habits, thoughts, and feelings, as if they were dwellers in different zones, or inhabitants of different planets. The rich and the poor.
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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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Success is the child of audacity.
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Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends.
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Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.
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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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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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