A man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely in the House of Lords.
BENJAMIN DISRAELILittle things affect little minds.
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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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The more extensive a man’s knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do.
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Man is only great when he acts from passion.
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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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Assassination has never changed the history of the world.
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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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Silence is the mother of truth.
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Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.
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Nature, like man, sometimes weeps from gladness.
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The fool wonders, the wise man asks.
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Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.
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Youth is a blunder; Manhood a struggle, Old Age a regret.
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Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.
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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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Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.
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