Had it not been for you, I should have remained what I was when we first met, a prejudiced, narrow-minded being, with contracted sympathies and false knowledge, wasting my life on obsolete trifles, and utterly insensible to the privilege of…

Quote by Benjamin Disraeli

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I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?

I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?

Characters do not change. Opinions alter, but characters are only developed.

Characters do not change. Opinions alter, but characters are only developed.

Sweet is the voice of a sister in the season of sorrow.

Sweet is the voice of a sister in the season of sorrow.

A precedent embalms a principle.

A precedent embalms a principle.

Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time

Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time

Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.

Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.

The fool wonders, the wise man asks.

The fool wonders, the wise man asks.

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.

Two nations between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy; who are as ignorant...

Two nations between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy; who are as ignorant...

An author who speaks about their own books is almost as bad as a mother...

An author who speaks about their own books is almost as bad as a mother...

Ignorance never settle a question.

Ignorance never settle a question.

The delight of opening a new pursuit, or a new course of reading, imparts the...

The delight of opening a new pursuit, or a new course of reading, imparts the...

A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.

A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.

Damn your principles! Stick to your party.

Damn your principles! Stick to your party.

Assassination has never changed the history of the world.

Assassination has never changed the history of the world.

But what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is...

But what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is...

We make our own fortunes and we call them fate

We make our own fortunes and we call them fate

Despair is the conclusion of fools.

Despair is the conclusion of fools.

Moderation has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to...

Moderation has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to...

Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.

Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.