My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIThe difference between a misfortune and a calamity is this: If Gladstone fell into the Thames, it would be a misfortune. But if someone dragged him out again, that would be a calamity.
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A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.
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We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets.
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Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.
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Nobody is forgotten when it is convenient to remember him.
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Little things affect little minds.
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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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Where knowledge ends, religion begins.
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To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.
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War is never a solution; it is an aggravation.
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There is no education like adversity.
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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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London is a roost for every bird.
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Never take anything for granted.
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In a progressive country change is constant; change is inevitable.
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What is earnest is not always true; on the contrary, error is often more earnest than truth.
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