Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIRead no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.
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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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The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes.
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Fear makes us feel our humanity.
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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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Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.
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What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.
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The palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy.
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Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.
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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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The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.
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The best security for civilization is the dwelling, and upon properly appointed and becoming dwellings depends, more than anything else, the improvement of mankind.
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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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Youth is a blunder; Manhood a struggle, Old Age a regret.
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Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm.
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Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.
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