It destroys one’s nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being.
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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He has left them in the full enjoyment of their liberal positions, and he is himself a strict conservative of their garments.
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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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Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.
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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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We moralize among ruins.
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Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.
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Finality is not the language of politics.
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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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Things must be done by parties, not by persons using parties as tools.
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We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets.
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Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation.
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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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There can be economy only where there is efficiency.
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A Conservative Government is an organized hypocrisy.
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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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