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" A doctrinaire is a fool but an honest man. "
Man
Honest
Fool
" It is not much matter which we say, but mind, we must all say the same. "
Same
Must
Much
" It wounds a man less to confess that he has failed in any pursuit through idleness, neglect, the love of pleasure, etc., etc., which are his own faults, than through incapacity and unfitness, which are the faults of his nature. "
Own
Faults
Love
" I wish I was as cocksure of anything as Tom Macaulay is of everything. "
Everything
Tom
I Wish
" My esoteric doctrine, is that if you entertain any doubt, it is safest to take the unpopular side in the first instance. Transit from the unpopular, is easy... but from the popular to the unpopular is so steep and rugged that it is impossible to maintain it. "
Impossible
Side
Take
" Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle. "
Nobody
Foolish
Principle
" Once is orthodox, twice is puritanical. "
Puritanical
Once
Twice
" That is no use at all. What I want is men who will support me when I am in the wrong. "
Wrong
Want
Support
" The whole duty of government is to prevent crime and to preserve contracts. "
Duty
Government
Contracts
" Things are coming to a pretty pass when religion is allowed to invade private life. "
Religion
Private Life
Pretty
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