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" Woman absent is woman dead. "

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" The best reason why Monarchy is a strong government is, that it is an intelligible government. The mass of mankind understand it, and they hardly anywhere in the world understand any other. "

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

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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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" An inability to stay quiet is one of the conspicuous failings of mankind. "

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

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

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

" An influential member of parliament has not only to pay much money to become such, and to give time and labour, he has also to sacrifice his mind too - at least all the characteristics part of it that which is original and most his own. "

" Men who do not make advances to women are apt to become victims to women who make advances to them. "

" 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. "

" Honor sinks where commerce long prevails. "

" 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. "

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

" The real essence of work is concentrated energy. "

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" One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea. "

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

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

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

" What impresses men is not mind, but the result of mind. "

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