Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIFaith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem; and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art.
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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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Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.
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What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.
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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
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The right honourable gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes.
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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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Almost everything that is great has been done by youth.
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Mediocrity can talk, but it is for genius to observe.
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There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations.
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We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end.
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There can be economy only where there is efficiency.
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The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes.
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There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour.
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A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.
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The secret of success is constancy to purpose.
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