The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.
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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Things must be done by parties, not by persons using parties as tools.
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Frank and explicit – that is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and confuse the minds of others.
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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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My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.
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The palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy.
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We moralize among ruins.
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Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.
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A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.
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Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm.
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There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour.
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Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.
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Grief is the agony of an instant; the indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.
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A majority is always better than the best repartee.
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Never complain and never explain.
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There can be economy only where there is efficiency.
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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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Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.
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Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.
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Without publicity there can be no public support, and without public support every nation must decay.
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To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.
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Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.
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It destroys one’s nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being.
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Moderation is the center wherein all philosophies, both human and divine, meet.
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Mediocrity can talk, but it is for genius to observe.
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There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations.
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Power has only one duty – to secure the social welfare of the People.
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