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" What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens. "
Benjamin Disraeli
Expect
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" Characters do not change. Opinions alter, but characters are only developed. "
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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; Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem; and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art. "
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" Duty cannot exist without faith. "
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" Never complain and never explain. "
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" I have been ever of opinion that revolutions are not to be evaded. "
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Ever
" Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen. "
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" It is easier to be critical than correct. "
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" Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power. "
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" He was distinguished for ignorance; for he had only one idea, and that was wrong. "
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" Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke. "
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" Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger. "
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" The view of Jerusalem is the history of the world; it is more, it is the history of earth and of heaven. "
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World
" We moralize among ruins. "
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" 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. "
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Ambition
" Conservatism discards Prescription, shrinks from Principle, disavows Progress; having rejected all respect for antiquity, it offers no redress for the present, and makes no preparation for the future. "
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" Almost everything that is great has been done by youth. "
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Almost
Everything
" There is no gambling like politics. "
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" War is never a solution; it is an aggravation. "
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Aggravation
Never
" Damn your principles! Stick to your party. "
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Damn
Party
" As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information. "
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Best
Information
" Youth is a blunder; Manhood a struggle, Old Age a regret. "
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Youth
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" Nature, like man, sometimes weeps from gladness. "
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" There is no index of character so sure as the voice. "
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" There is no education like adversity. "
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" Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth. "
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Truth
You
" We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets. "
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Powerful
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" Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure. "
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Perseverance
" 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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" Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends. "
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