There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIA great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest;
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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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Finality is not the language of politics.
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You will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities to be found in public life.
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No man is regular in his attendance at the House of Commons until he is married.
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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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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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In a progressive country change is constant; change is inevitable.
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Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.
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Power has only one duty – to secure the social welfare of the People.
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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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Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth.
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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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A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.
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We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets.
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The fool wonders, the wise man asks.
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