Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.
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 University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.
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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 are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
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Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.
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Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.
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Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent.
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Never take anything for granted.
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Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.
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In a progressive country change is constant; change is inevitable.
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Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.
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Without tact you can learn nothing.
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Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth.
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The fool wonders, the wise man asks.
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There is moderation even in excess.
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I repeat… that all power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the people and for the people all springs, and all must exist.
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