The fool wonders, the wise man asks.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIThe 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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There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour.
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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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A man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely in the House of Lords.
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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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How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.
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Little things affect little minds.
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Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.
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Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation.
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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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Travel teaches toleration.
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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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The palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy.
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The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.
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Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.
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Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.
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