The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIFaith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem; and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art.
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Travel teaches toleration.
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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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You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.
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We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets.
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The right honourable gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes.
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I repeat… that all power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the people and for the people all springs, and all must exist.
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A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.
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In politics nothing is contemptible.
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Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.
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Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.
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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
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A precedent embalms a principle.
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Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.
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No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition.
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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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