The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIThe world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes.
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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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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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What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.
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There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
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Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.
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Never complain and never explain.
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Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.
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In politics nothing is contemptible.
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Things must be done by parties, not by persons using parties as tools.
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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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London is a roost for every bird.
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A majority is always better than the best repartee.
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Where knowledge ends, religion begins.
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In a progressive country change is constant; change is inevitable.
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I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.
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