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There is no education like adversity.
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the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example.
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I have always thought that every woman should marry, and no man.
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HOW MUCH EASIER IT IS TO BE CRITICAL THAN TO BE CORRECT.
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Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.
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When I want to read a novel, I write one.

W. Monypenny and G. Buckle Life of Benjamin Disraeli vol. 6 (1920) ch. 17; see Punch 271:22

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Never complain and never explain.

J. Morley Life of William Ewart Gladstone (1903) vol. 1; see Fisher 136:4

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I never deny; I never contradict; I sometimes forget.

said to Lord Esher of his relations with Queen Victoria

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I have climbed to the top of the greasy pole.

on becoming Prime Minister

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Damn your principles! Stick to your party.

attributed to Disraeli and believed to have been said to Edward Bulwer-Lytton

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