The best security for civilization is the dwelling, and upon properly appointed and becoming dwellings depends, more than anything else, the improvement of mankind.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIA man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely in the House of Lords.
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A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest;
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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 secret of success is constancy to purpose.
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Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.
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My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.
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Without publicity there can be no public support, and without public support every nation must decay.
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Assassination has never changed the history of the world.
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A precedent embalms a principle.
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The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.
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Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.
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There can be economy only where there is efficiency.
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The palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy.
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In a progressive country change is constant; change is inevitable.
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A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.
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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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