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You will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities to be found in public life. ”
Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action. ”
Fame and power are the objects of all men. Even their partial fruition is gained by very few; and that, too, at the expense of social pleasure, health, conscience, life. ”
The more extensive a man's knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do. ”
Where knowledge ends, religion begins. ”
To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge. ”
Grief is the agony of an instant; the indulgence of grief the blunder of a life. ”
In this life, I've learned to be patient. And I'm still learning... Even now, I wish things would go quicker. ”
I've learned my lessons, but I'm also still learning them. ”
I don't have a flat anywhere. I'm registered in the U.K. for tax purposes, I suppose, and my mail goes to my parents. ”