Man is only great when he acts from passion.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIWilliam Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect.
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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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Nobody is forgotten when it is convenient to remember him.
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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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Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.
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Travel teaches toleration.
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Grief is the agony of an instant; the indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.
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Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.
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Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
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It destroys one’s nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being.
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How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.
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Damn your principles! Stick to your party.
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Fear makes us feel our humanity.
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Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.
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Justice is truth in action.
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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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