Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm.
BENJAMIN DISRAELITwo 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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Little things affect little minds.
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The first magic of love is our ignorance that it can ever end.
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What is earnest is not always true; on the contrary, error is often more earnest than truth.
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The right honourable gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes.
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Moderation is the center wherein all philosophies, both human and divine, meet.
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As for our majority… one is enough.
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Success is the child of audacity.
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One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.
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How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.
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The best security for civilization is the dwelling, and upon properly appointed and becoming dwellings depends, more than anything else, the improvement of mankind.
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A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.
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In a progressive country change is constant; change is inevitable.
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My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.
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Never take anything for granted.
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Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.
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What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.
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Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.
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A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.
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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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Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation.
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To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.
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I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.
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It destroys one’s nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being.
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No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition.
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Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent.
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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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