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" No real English gentleman, in his secret soul, was ever sorry for the death of a political economist. "

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" Progress would not have been the rarity it is if the early food had not been the late poison. "

" The real essence of work is concentrated energy. "

" A slight daily unconscious luxury is hardly ever wanting to the dwellers in civilization; like the gentle air of a genial climate, it is a perpetual minute enjoyment. "

" A Parliament is nothing less than a big meeting of more or less idle people. "

" Nothing is more unpleasant than a virtuous person with a mean mind. "

" A family on the throne is an interesting idea. It brings down the pride of sovereignty to the level of petty life. "

" You may talk of the tyranny of Nero and Tiberius; but the real tyranny is the tyranny of your next-door neighbor. "

" In every particular state of the world, those nations which are strongest tend to prevail over the others; and in certain marked peculiarities the strongest tend to be the best. "

" We must not let daylight in upon the magic. "

" So long as war is the main business of nations, temporary despotism - despotism during the campaign - is indispensable. "

" Honor sinks where commerce long prevails. "

" The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do. "

" Writers like teeth are divided into incisors and grinders. "

" A schoolmaster should have an atmosphere of awe, and walk wonderingly, as if he was amazed at being himself. "

" Dullness in matters of government is a good sign, and not a bad one - in particular, dullness in parliamentary government is a test of its excellence, an indication of its success. "

" So long as there are earnest believers in the world, they will always wish to punish opinions, even if their judgment tells them it is unwise and their conscience that it is wrong. "

" It is often said that men are ruled by their imaginations; but it would be truer to say they are governed by the weakness of their imaginations. "

" Life is a school of probability. "

" No great work has ever been produced except after a long interval of still and musing meditation. "

" A man's mother is his misfortune, but his wife is his fault. "

" An element of exaggeration clings to the popular judgment: great vices are made greater, great virtues greater also; interesting incidents are made more interesting, softer legends more soft. "

" A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do. "

" Conquest is the missionary of valor, and the hard impact of military virtues beats meanness out of the world. "

" Public opinion is a permeating influence, and it exacts obedience to itself; it requires us to drink other men's thoughts, to speak other men's words, to follow other men's habits. "

" All the best stories in the world are but one story in reality - the story of escape. It is the only thing which interests us all and at all times, how to escape. "

" An ambassador is not simply an agent; he is also a spectacle. "

" It is good to be without vices, but it is not good to be without temptations. "