Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIGrief is the agony of an instant; the indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.
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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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Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.
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It is much easier to be critical than to be correct.
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There can be economy only where there is efficiency.
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Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.
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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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There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour.
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I have brought myself, by long meditation, to the conviction that a human being with a settled purpose must accomplish it, and that nothing can resist a will which will stake even existence upon its fulfillment.
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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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Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm.
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The governments of the present day have to deal not merely with other governments, with emperors, kings and ministers, but also with the secret societies which have everywhere their unscrupulous agents, and can at the last moment upset all the governments’ plans.
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There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
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The fool wonders, the wise man asks.
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A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.
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Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.
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