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" The real essence of work is concentrated energy. "
Walter Bagehot
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" So long as war is the main business of nations, temporary despotism - despotism during the campaign - is indispensable. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" You may talk of the tyranny of Nero and Tiberius; but the real tyranny is the tyranny of your next-door neighbor. "
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" A constitutional statesman is in general a man of common opinions and uncommon abilities. "
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" The whole history of civilization is strewn with creeds and institutions which were invaluable at first, and deadly afterwards. "
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" The cure for admiring the House of Lords is to go and look at it. "
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" 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. "
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" Poverty is an anomaly to rich people; it is very difficult to make out why people who want dinner do not ring the bell. "
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