The palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy.
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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The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes.
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When a man fell into his anecdotage it was a sign for him to retire from the world.
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Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.
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As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.
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Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem; and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art.
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The first magic of love is our ignorance that it can ever end.
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Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth.
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We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets.
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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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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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Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.
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Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.
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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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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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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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Grief is the agony of an instant; the indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.
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As for our majority… one is enough.
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Almost everything that is great has been done by youth.
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In a progressive country change is constant; change is inevitable.
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A majority is always better than the best repartee.
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Little things affect little minds.
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Finality is not the language of politics.
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Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel.
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Man is only great when he acts from passion.
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Success is the child of audacity.
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A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.
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