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Christianity Teaches Us To Love Our Neighbor As Ourself; Modern Society Acknowledges No Neighbor.

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Christianity Teaches Us To Love Our Neighbor As Ourself; Modern Society Acknowledges No Neighbor.

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As A Rule, He Or She Who Has The Most Information Will Have The Greatest Success In Life.

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You Never Observe A Great Intellectual Movement In Europe In Which The Jews Do Not Greatly Participate. The First Jesuits Were Jews.

This Is The Third Time That, In The Course Of Six Years, During Which I Have Had The Lead Of The Opposition In The House Of Commons, I Have Stormed The Treasury Benches: Twice, Fruitlessly, The Third Time With A Tin Kettle To My Tail Which Rendered The Race Hopeless. You Cannot, Therefore, Be Surprised, That I Am A Little Wearied Of These Barren Victories, Which Like Alma, Inkerman, And Balaclava, May Be Glorious But Are Certainly Nothing More.

How Very Seldom Do You Encounter In The World A Man Of Great Abilities, Acquirements, Experience, Who Will Unmask His Mind, Unbutton His Brains, And Pour Forth In Careless And Picturesque Phrase All The Results Of His Studies And Observation; His Knowledge Of Men, Books, And Nature. On The Contrary, If A Man Has By Any Chance An Original Idea, He Hoards It As If It Were Old Gold; And Rather Avoids The Subject With Which He Is Most Conversant, From Fear That You May Appropriate His Best Thoughts.

Individuals May Form Communities, But It Is Institutions Alone That Can Create A Nation.

The Secret Of Success Is Constancy To Purpose.

Moderation Has Been Called A Virtue To Limit The Ambition Of Great Men, And To Console Undistinguished People For Their Want Of Fortune And Their Lack Of Merit.

You Know Who The Critics Are? The Men Who Have Failed In Literature And Art.

It Is Remarkable That When Great Discoveries Are Effected, Their Simplicity Always Seems To Detract From Their Originality: On These Occasions We Are Reminded Of The Egg Of Columbus!

More Pernicious Nonsense Was Never Devised By Man Than Treaties Of Commerce.

The Best Security For Civilization Is The Dwelling, And Upon Properly Appointed And Becoming Dwellings Depends, More Than Anything Else, The Improvement Of Mankind.

What Appear To Be Calamities Are Often The Sources Of Fortune.

I Think That An Author Who Speaks About His Own Books Is Almost As Bad As A Mother Who Talks About Her Own Children.

Grief Is The Agony Of An Instant. The Indulgence Of Grief The Blunder Of A Life.

The Enterprise Of America Precedes That Of Europe, As The Industry Of England Precedes That Of The Rest Of Europe.

We Are Indeed A Nation Of Shopkeepers.

Sir, Very Few People Reach Posterity. Who Amongst Us May Arrive At That Destination I Presume Not To Vaticinate. Posterity Is A Most Limited Assembly. Those Gentlemen Who Reach Posterity Are Not Much More Numerous Than The Planets.

Is Man An Ape Or An Angel? Now I Am On The Side Of The Angels.

It Is The Fashion To Style The Present Moment An Extraordinary Crisis.

Fame And Power Are The Objects Of All Men. Even Their Partial Fruition Is Gained By Very Few; And That, Too, At The Expense Of Social Pleasure, Health, Conscience, Life.

Change Is As Inexorable As Time, Yet Nothing Meets With More Resistance.

London Is A Roost For Every Bird.

Through Persistence Numerous Individuals Win Accomplishment Out Of What Appeared Bound To Be Sure Disappointment.

There Are Few Faces That Can Afford To Smile: A Smile Is Sometimes Bewitching, In General Vapid, Often A Contortion.

You Behold A Range Of Exhausted Volcanoes. Not A Flame Flickers On A Single Pallid Crest.

Everyone Likes Flattery; And When You Come To Royalty You Should Lay It On With A Trowel.

Silence Is The Mother Of Truth.

Next To The Assumption Of Power Was The Responsibility Of Relinquishing It.

It Was Not Reason That Besieged Troy; It Was Not Reason That Sent Forth The Saracen From The Desert To Conquer The World; That Inspired The Crusades; That Instituted The Monastic Orders; It Was Not Reason That Produced The Jesuits; Above All, It Was Not Reason That Created The French Revolution. Man Is Only Great When He Acts From The Passions; Never Irresistible But When He Appeals To The Imagination.

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Youth Is A Blunder; Manhood A Struggle, Old Age A Regret.

Age Is Frequently Beautiful, Wisdom Appearing Like An Aftermath.

That Earliest Shock In One's Life Which Occurs To All Of Us; Which First Makes Us Think.

No Government Can Be Long Secure Without A Formidable Opposition. It Reduces Their Supporters To That Tractable Number Which Can Be Managed By The Joint Influences Of Fruition And Hope. It Offers Vengeance To The Discontented, And Distinction To The Ambitious; And Employs The Energies Of Aspiring Spirits, Who Otherwise May Prove Traitors In A Division Or Assassins In A Debate.

Life Is To Short To Be Small.

Wherever Is Found What Is Called A Paternal Government, There Is Found State Education. It Has Been Discovered That The Best Way To Insure Implicit Obedience Is To Commence Tyranny In The Nursery.

You Know, All Is Development. The Principle Is Perpetually Going On. First, There Was Nothing, Then There Was Something; Then-i Forget The Next-i Think There Were Shells, Then Fishes; Then We Came-let Me See-did We Come Next? Never Mind That; We Came At Last. And At The Next Change There Will Be Something Very Superior To Us-something With Wings. Ah! That's It: We Were Fishes, And I Believe We Shall Be Crows.

I Am A Conservative To Preserve All That Is Good In Our Constitution, A Radical To Remove All That Is Bad. I Seek To Preserve Property And To Respect Order, And I Equally Decry The Appeal To The Passions Of The Many Or The Prejudices Of The Few.

The Feeling Of Satiety, Almost Inseparable From Large Possessions, Is A Surer Cause Of Misery Than Ungratified Desires.

The Athanasian Creed Is The Most Splendid Ecclesiastical Lyric Ever Poured Forth By The Genius Of Man.

I Suppose, To Use Our National Motto, Something Will Turn Up.

The Art Of Governing Mankind By Deceiving Them.

The Sympathy Of Sorrow Is Stronger Than The Sympathy Of Prosperity.

Difficulties Melt Away Under Tact.

The Eyes Of The Social Herd, Who Always Observe Little Things, And Generally Form From Them Their Opinions Of Great Affairs.

All Power Is A Trust, That We Are Accountable For Its Exercise.

The Affections Are The Children Of Ignorance; When The Horizon Of Our Experience Expands, And Models Multiply, Love And Admiration Imperceptibly Vanish.

I Repeat... That All Power Is A Trust; That We Are Accountable For Its Exercise; That From The People And For The People All Springs, And All Must Exist.

Variety Is The Mother Of Enjoyment.

No Government Can Be Long Secure Without A Formidable Opposition.

All Is Race; There Is No Other Truth ,and Every Race Must Fall Which Carelessly Suffers Its Blood To Become Mixed.

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England Does Not Love Coalitions.

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Nowadays, Manners Are Easy And Life Is Hard.

Proverbs Were Anterior To Boots, And Formed The Wisdom Of The Vulgar, And In The Earliest Ages Were The Unwritten Laws Of Morality.

If A Man Be Gloomy Let Him Keep To Himself. No One Has The Right To Go Croaking About Society, Or What Is Worse, Looking As If He Stifled Grief.

The Test Of Political Institutions Is The Condition Of The Country Whose Future They Regulate.

In Great Cities Men Are Brought Together By The Desire Of Gain. They Are Not In A State Of Co-operation, But Of Isolation, As To The Making Of Fortunes; And For All The Rest They Are Careless Of Neighbors.

All Is Race - There Is No Other Truth.

Amusement To An Observing Mind Is Study.

The Care Of The Public Health Is The First Duty Of The Statesman.

Apologies Only Account For That Which They Do Not Alter.

All Must Respect Those Who Respect Themselves.

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Those Who Cannot Themselves Observe Can At Least Acquire The Observation Of Others.

Success Is A Product Of Unremitting Attention To Purpose.

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One Should Conquer The World, Not To Enthrone A Man, But An Idea; For Ideas Exist Forever.

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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.

Every Moment Is Travel - If Understood.

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Almost Everything That Is Great Has Been Done By Youth.

Modern Science Has Vindicated The Natural Equality Of Man.

Great Men Never Require Experience.

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It Is The Lot Of Man To Suffer; It Is Also His Fortune To Forget. Oblivion And Sorrow Share Our Being, As Darkness And Light Divide The Course Of Time.

A Precedent Embalms A Principle.

Governments Do Not Govern, But Merely Control The Machinery Of Government, Being Themselves Controlled By The Hidden Hand.

Change Is Inevitable. Change Is Constant.

Nature Is Stronger Than Education.

Is It What You Call Civilization That Makes England Flourish? Is It The Universal Development Of The Faculties Of Man That Has Rendered An Island, Almost Unknown To The Ancients, The Arbiter Of The World? Clearly Not. It Is The Inhabitants That Have Done This. It Is An Affair Of Race.... All Is Race, There Is No Other Truth.

England Is Unrivalled For Two Things - Sport And Politics.

In All Church Discussions We Are Apt To Forget The Second Testament Is Avowedly Only A Supplement. Jesus Came To Complete The Law And The Prophets. Christianity Is Completed Judaism, Or It Is Nothing. Christianity Is Incomprehensible Without Judaism, As Judaism Is Incomplete Without Christianity.

Under This Roof Are The Heads Of The Family Of Rothschild - A Name Famous In Every Capital Of Europe And Every Division Of The Globe. If You Like, We Shall Divide The United States Into Two Parts, One For You, James [rothschild], And One For You, Lionel [rothschild]. Napoleon Will Do Exactly And All That I Shall Advise Him.

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The Best Way To Become Acquainted With A Subject Is To Write About It.

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Quit The World, And The World Forgets You.

Nature Is More Powerful Than Education; Time Will Develop Everything.

The Palace Is Not Safe When The Cottage Is Not Happy.

Never Complain And Never Explain.

I Believe Absence Is A Great Element Of Charm.

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Departure Should Be Sudden.

Nurture Your Mind With Great Thoughts, For You Will Never Go Any Higher Than You Think.

Religion Should Be The Rule Of Life, Not A Casual Incident In It.

A Man May Speak Very Well In The House Of Commons, And Fail Very Completely In The House Of Lords. There Are Two Distinct Styles Requisite: I Intend, In The Course Of My Career, If I Have Time, To Give A Specimen Of Both.

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Read No History: Nothing But Biography, For That Is Life Without Theory.

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A Protestant, If He Wants Aid Or Advice On Any Matter, Can Only Go To His Solicitor.

Beauty Can Inspire Miracles.

Beauty And Health Are The Chief Sources Of Happiness.

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A Good Eater Must Be A Good Man; For A Good Eater Must Have A Good Digestion, And A Good Digestion Depends Upon A Good Conscience.

Money Is Power, And Rare Are The Heads That Can Withstand The Possession Of Great Power.

The Unfortunate Are Always Egotistical.

The People Of England Are The Most Enthusiastic In The World.

The Greatest Of All Evils Is A Weak Government

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The Very Phrase 'foreign Affairs' Makes An Englishman Convinced That I Am About To Treat Of Subjects With Which He Has No Concern.

Man Is Only Great When He Acts From Passion.

When Men Are Pure, Laws Are Useless; When Men Are Corrupt, Laws Are Broken.

It Shows You Exactly How A Star Is Formed; Nothing Else Can Be So Pretty! A Cluster Of Vapor, The Cream Of The Milky Way, A Sort Of Celestial Cheese, Churned Into Light.

No One But An Adventurous Traveler Can Know The Luxury Of Sleep.

Perseverance And Tact Are The Two Most Important Qualities For The Individual Who Wants To Move Ahead.

Accent And Emphasis Are The Pith Of Reading; Punctuation Is But Secondary.

You Have Proved It Is A Very Moral Habit.

Without Publicity There Can Be No Public Support, And Without Public Support Every Nation Must Decay.

The Health Of The People Is Really The Foundation Upon Which All Their Happiness And All Their Powers As A State Depend.

He Thinks Posterity Is A Pack-horse, Always Ready To Be Loaded.

Finality Is Not The Language Of Politics.

Silence Often Expresses 'more Powerfully Than Speech The Verdict And Judgment Of Society.

A Nation Has A Fixed Quantity Of Invention, And It Will Make Itself Felt.

I Grew Intoxicated With My Own Eloquence.

Female Friendships Are Of Rapid Growth.

Desperation Is Sometimes As Powerful An Inspirer As Genius.

A University Should Be A Place Of Light, Of Liberty, And Of Learning.

How Fair Is A Garden Amid The Toils And Passions Of Existence.

Moderation Is The Center Wherein All Philosophies, Both Human And Divine, Meet.

I Feel A Very Unusual Sensation - If It Is Not Indigestion, I Think It Must Be Gratitude.

To Do Nothing And Get Something, Formed A Boy's Ideal Of A Manly Career.

There Is No Waste Of Time Like Making Excuses.

We Are Not Creatures Of Circumstance; We Are Creators Of Circumstance.

There Can Be No Economy Where There Is No Efficiency.

Damn Your Principles! Stick To Your Party.

Predominant Opinions Are Generally The Opinions Of The Generation That Is Vanishing.

If Confidence Is A Plant Of Slow Growth, Credit Is One Which Matures Much More Slowly.

An Amateur May Not Be An Artist, Though An Artist Should Be An Amateur.

What Wonderful Things Are Events! The Least Are Of Greater Importance Than The Most Sublime And Comprehensive Speculations.

I Rather Like Bad Wine; One Gets So Bored With Good Wine.

The Indulgence In Grief Is A Blunder.

You Will Find As You Grow Older That Courage Is The Rarest Of All Qualities To Be Found In Public Life.

I Am The Blank Page Between The Old And The New Testament.

We Moralize Among Ruins.

It Is The Lot Of Man To Suffer.

Be Civil To All; Sociable To Many; Familiar With Few.

Perseverance And Tact Are The Two Great Qualities Most Valuable For All Those Who Would Climb, But Especially For Those Who Have To Step Out Of The Crowd.

A Great Thing Is A Great Book; But A Greater Thing Than All Is The Talk Of A Great Man.

Gentlemen, The Tory Party, Unless It Is A National Party, Is Nothing.

'a Sound Conservative Government,' Said Taper, Musingly. 'i Understand: Tory Men And Whig Measures.'

Upon The Education Of The People Of This Country The Fate Of This Country Depends.

There Can Be Economy Only Where There Is Efficiency.

The Choicest Pleasures Of Life Lie Within The Ring Of Moderation.

Without Dancing You Can Never Attain A Perfectly Graceful Carriage, Which Is Of The Highest Importance In Life.

You Cannot Choose Between Party Government And Parliamentary Government. I Say, You Can Have No Parliamentary Government If You Have No Party Government; And, Therefore, When Gentlemen Denounce Party Government, They Strike At The Scheme Of Government Which, In My Opinion, Has Made This Country Great, And Which I Hope Will Keep It Great.

The Fruit Of My Tree Of Knowledge Is Plucked, And It Is This: “adventures Are To The Adventurous.”

William Gladstone Has Not A Single Redeeming Defect.

Tobacco Is The Tomb Of Love.

Poverty Has Its Duties As Well As Its Rights.

Novelty Is An Essential Attribute Of The Beautiful.

The Noble Lord (stanley) Was The Prince Rupert To The Parliamentary Army--his Valour Did Not Always Serve His Own Cause.

The Tendency Of An Advanced Civilization Is In Truth Monarchy.

Protection Is Not A Principle But An Expedient

London; A Nation, Not A City.

We Live In Age Of Prudence. The Leaders Of The People Now Generally Follow.

Give A Man A Fish And He Will Eat For A Day; Teach A Man To Fish And He Will Eat For A Lifetime; Give A Man Religion And He Will Die Praying For A Fish.

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All Of Us Encounter, At Least Once In Our Life, Some Individual Who Utters Words That Make Us Think Forever. There Are Men Whose Phrases Are Oracles; Who Condense In One Sentence The Secrets Of Life; Who Blurt Out An Aphorism That Forms A Character Or Illustrates An Existence.

I Do Not Believe Such A Quality As Chance Exists. Every Incident That Happens Must Be A Link In A Chain.

Eloquence Is The Child Of Knowledge. When A Mind Is Full, Like A Wholesome River, It Is Also Clear.

The Most Powerful Men Are Not Public Men: A Public Man Is Responsible, And A Responsible Man Is A Slave. It Is Private Life That Governs The World.

The Press Is Not Only Free, It Is Powerful. That Power Is Ours. It Is The Proudest That Man Can Enjoy.

Nothing Can Withstand The Power Of The Human Will If It Is Willing To Stake Its Very Existence To The Extent Of Its Purpose.

No Man Is Regular In His Attendance At The House Of Commons Until He Is Married.

Expediency Is A Law Of Nature. The Camel Is A Wonderful Animal, But The Desert Made The Camel.

The View Of Jerusalem Is The History Of The World; It Is More, It Is The History Of Earth And Of Heaven.

It Is A Great Mistake To Suppose That Bribery And Corruption, Although They May Be Very Convenient For Gratifying The Ambition Or The Vanity Of Individuals, Have Any Great Effect Upon The Fortunes Or The Power Of Parties. And It Is A Great Mistake To Suppose That Bribery And Corruption Are Means By Which Power Can Either Be Ob-tained Or Retained.

I Am Bound To Furnish My Antagonists With Arguments, But Not With Comprehension.

An Insular Country, Subject To Fogs, And With A Powerful Middle Class, Requires Grave Statesmen.

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