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.
BENJAMIN DISRAELINowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.
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Grief is the agony of an instant; the indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.
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The more extensive a man’s knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do.
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Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.
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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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To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.
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The view of Jerusalem is the history of the world; it is more, it is the history of earth and of heaven.
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Success is the child of audacity.
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Assassination has never changed the history of the world.
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The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity.
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Silence is the mother of truth.
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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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In politics nothing is contemptible.
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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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One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.
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Youth is a blunder; Manhood a struggle, Old Age a regret.
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