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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.

Benjamin Disraeli

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A Conservative Government is an organized hypocrisy.
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Conservative Government Hypocrisy Organized
Almost everything that is great has been done by youth.
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Almost Been Done Everything Great Youth
No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition.
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Formidable Government Long No Opposition Secure Without
The right honourable gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes.
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Away Bath Caught Cloth Gentlemen Honourable Right Walk
A majority is always better than the best repartee.
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Always Best Better Majority
Grief is the agony of an instant; the indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.
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Agony Blunder Grief Indulgence Instant Life
Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.
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Action Great Happiness Mind Nature Thought
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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Agent Emperor Everywhere Government King Minister Moment Plan Present Society
The difference between a misfortune and a calamity is this: If Gladstone fell into the Thames, it would be a misfortune. But if someone dragged him out again, that would be a calamity.
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Again Between Calamity Difference Drag Fortunate Gladstone Misfortune Someone
Finality is not the language of politics.
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Finality Language Politics
Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation.
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Least Merit Plagiarist Preservation
The palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy.
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Cottage Happy Place Safe
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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Different Planet Each Other Feeling Habit Inhabitant Intercourse Nation Poor Rich Sympathy
Things must be done by parties, not by persons using parties as tools.
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Done Must Party Person Thing Tool Use
William Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect.
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Defect Has People Person Redeem Single
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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Conceal Confuse Explicit Frank Mind Must Own Right Take Wish

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