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" The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes. "

Benjamin Disraeli

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" Without publicity there can be no public support, and without public support every nation must decay. "

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" Power has only one duty - to secure the social welfare of the People. "

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" There is no gambling like politics. "

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" Man is made to adore and to obey: but if you will not command him, if you give him nothing to worship, he will fashion his own divinities, and find a chieftain in his own passions. "

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" Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness and with fervor. "

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" No man is regular in his attendance at the House of Commons until he is married. "

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" Assassination has never changed the history of the world. "

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" Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones. "

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" Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours. "

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" Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation. "

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" The palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy. "

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" Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time. "

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" 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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" Without tact you can learn nothing. "

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" It is much easier to be critical than to be correct. "

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" We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets. "

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" The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation. "

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" Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action. "

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" King Louis Philippe once said to me that he attributed the great success of the British nation in political life to their talking politics after dinner. "

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