It is much easier to be critical than to be correct.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIYou will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities to be found in public life.
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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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Man is only great when he acts from passion.
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Silence is the mother of truth.
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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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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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You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.
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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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The governments of the present day have to deal not merely with other governments, with emperors, kings and ministers, but also with the secret societies which have everywhere their unscrupulous agents, and can at the last moment upset all the governments’ plans.
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Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness and with fervor.
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Little things affect little minds.
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Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.
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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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Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.
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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
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