The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity.
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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Almost everything that is great has been done by youth.
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Youth is a blunder; Manhood a struggle, Old Age a regret.
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The difference between a misfortune and a calamity is this: If Gladstone fell into the Thames, it would be a misfortune. But if someone dragged him out again, that would be a calamity.
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Beware 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 best security for civilization is the dwelling, and upon properly appointed and becoming dwellings depends, more than anything else, the improvement of mankind.
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Travel teaches toleration.
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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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Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.
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Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.
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Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.
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Mediocrity can talk, but it is for genius to observe.
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What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.
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My objection to Liberalism is this that it is the introduction into the practical business of life of the highest kind namely, politics of philosophical ideas instead of political principles.
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A majority is always better than the best repartee.
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