in Quotes & Aphorisms (Love)
Man is not a rational animal. He is only truly good or great when he acts from passion.
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in Quotes & Aphorisms (Wisdom)
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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That fatal drollery called a representative government.
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Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth.
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"As for that," said Waldenshare, "sensible men are all of the same religion."
"Pray, what is that?" Inquired the Prince.
"Sensible men never tell."
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in Quotes & Aphorisms (Wisdom)
The fool wonders, the wise man asks.
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The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend.
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in Quotes & Aphorisms (Wisdom)
Experience is the child of Thought, and Thought is the child of Action. We can not learn men from books.
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The movement of the middle classes for the abolition of slavery was virtuous, but it was not wise. It was an ignorant movement. It showed a want of knowledge both of the laws of commerce and the stipulations of treaties; and it has alike ruined the colonies and aggravated the slave trade... The history of the abolition of slavery by the English and its consequences, would be a narrative of ignorance, injustice, blundering, waste, and havoc, not easily paralleled in the history of mankind.
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For myself, I care not what may be the result. Dissolve, if you please, the Parliament you have betrayed, and appeal to the people, who, I believe, mistrust you. For me there remains this at least—the opportunity of expressing thus publicly my belief that a Conservative Government is an Organised Hypocrisy.
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