We moralize among ruins.
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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A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.
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Never complain and never explain.
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Nobody is forgotten when it is convenient to remember him.
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There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
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Fear makes us feel our humanity.
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William Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect.
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A man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely in the House of Lords.
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The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.
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Justice is truth in action.
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Two nations between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy; who are as ignorant of each other’s habits, thoughts, and feelings, as if they were dwellers in different zones, or inhabitants of different planets. The rich and the poor.
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One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.
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What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.
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Things must be done by parties, not by persons using parties as tools.
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Without publicity there can be no public support, and without public support every nation must decay.
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Almost everything that is great has been done by youth.
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