The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.
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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The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity.
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A majority is always better than the best repartee.
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Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.
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Change is inevitable. Change is constant.
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War is never a solution; it is an aggravation.
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Youth is a blunder; Manhood a struggle, Old Age a regret.
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A precedent embalms a principle.
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Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.
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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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Man is made to adore and to obey: but if you will not command him, if you give him nothing to worship, he will fashion his own divinities, and find a chieftain in his own passions.
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Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.
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The governments of the present day have to deal not merely with other governments, with emperors, kings and ministers, but also with the secret societies which have everywhere their unscrupulous agents, and can at the last moment upset all the governments’ plans.
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Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.
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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
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Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.
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