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The people of England are the most enthusiastic in the world. ”
Without tact you can learn nothing. ”
Nobody is forgotten when it is convenient to remember him. ”
My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me. ”
Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger. ”
Diligence is the mother of good fortune. ”
Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen. ”
No man is regular in his attendance at the House of Commons until he is married. ”
Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth. ”
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. ”