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An author can have nothing truly his own but his style.
Almost everything that is great has been done by youth.
That fatal drollery called a representative government.
How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.
Apologies only account for that which they do not alter.
The more you are talked about the less powerful you are.
Youth is a blunder; Manhood a struggle, Old Age a regret.
Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.
Success is a product of unremitting attention to purpose.
I rather like bad wine; one gets so bored with good wine.
As a general rule, nobody has money who ought to have it.
The praise of a fool is incense to the wisest of us . . .
Assassination has never changed the history of the world.
I prefer the hardest terms of peace to the most just war.
I am the blank page between the Old and the New Testament.
What we call public opinion is generally public sentiment.
England is unrivalled for two things - sport and politics.
Modern science has vindicated the natural equality of man.
Nobody is forgotten when it is convenient to remember him.
Nobody is forgotten, when it is convenient to remember him.
Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.
To be famous when you are young is the fortune of the gods.
Real politics are the possession and distribution of power.
The characteristic of the present age is craving credulity.
The profound thinker always suspects that he is superficial.
The most dangerous strategy is to jump a chasm in two leaps.
There is no greater index of character so sure as the voice.
Most people die with their music still locked up inside them.
The people of England are the most enthusiastic in the world.
The disappointment of manhood succeeds the delusion of youth.
Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.
I suppose, to use our national motto, something will turn up.
My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.
How fair is a garden amid the toils and passions of existence.
The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can ever end.
What appear to be calamities are often the sources of fortune.
Is man an ape or an angel? Now I am on the side of the angels.
The tendency of an advanced civilization is in truth monarchy.
The first magic of love is our ignorance that it can ever end.
In the study of the fine arts, they mutually assist each other.
All power is a trust, that we are accountable for its exercise.
A great person is one who affects the mind of their generation.
He thinks posterity is a pack-horse, always ready to be loaded.
I have always thought that every woman should marry, and no man.
Having the courage to live within one's means is respectability.
Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm.
The world is ruled by other people, than people believe to know.
Age is frequently beautiful, wisdom appearing like an aftermath.
Certainly Manchester is the most wonderful city of modern times!
What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.