My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIBeware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds.
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Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.
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There are two distinct styles requisite: I intend, in the course of my career, if I have time, to give a specimen of both.
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There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
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Man is only great when he acts from passion.
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A Conservative Government is an organized hypocrisy.
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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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A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.
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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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One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.
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Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.
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Moderation is the center wherein all philosophies, both human and divine, meet.
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Man is made to adore and to obey: but if you will not command him, if you give him nothing to worship, he will fashion his own divinities, and find a chieftain in his own passions.
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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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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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Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.
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