You will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities to be found in public life.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIColonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent.
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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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There is moderation even in excess.
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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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There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
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We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end.
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As for our majority… one is enough.
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No man is regular in his attendance at the House of Commons until he is married.
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There is no education like adversity.
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Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation.
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Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel.
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Travel teaches toleration.
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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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Man is only great when he acts from passion.
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Frank and explicit – that is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and confuse the minds of others.
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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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