Silence is the mother of truth.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIMan is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter.
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Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter.
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The first magic of love is our ignorance that it can ever end.
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A man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely in the House of Lords.
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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
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Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.
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Power has only one duty – to secure the social welfare of the People.
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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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Little things affect little minds.
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In politics nothing is contemptible.
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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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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.
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The fool wonders, the wise man asks.
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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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There is no education like adversity.
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Nine-tenths of the existing books are nonsense and the clever books are the refutation of that nonsense.
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