In matters of commerce the fault of the Dutch Is offering too little and asking too much. The French are with equal advantage content, So we clap on Dutch bottoms just twenty per cent.

Quote by George Canning

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I called the New World into existence, to redress the balance of the Old.

I called the New World into existence, to redress the balance of the Old.

But of all plagues, good Heaven, thy wrath can send, Save me, oh, save me,...

But of all plagues, good Heaven, thy wrath can send, Save me, oh, save me,...

Give me the avowed, the erect, the manly foe, bold I can meet, perhaps may...

Give me the avowed, the erect, the manly foe, bold I can meet, perhaps may...

A steady patriot of the world alone, The friend of every country but his own.

A steady patriot of the world alone, The friend of every country but his own.

I can prove anything by statistics except the truth.

I can prove anything by statistics except the truth.

Here's to the pilot that weathered the storm.

Here's to the pilot that weathered the storm.

Indecision and delays are the parents of failure.

Indecision and delays are the parents of failure.

Most children threaten at times to run away from home. This is the only thing...

Most children threaten at times to run away from home. This is the only thing...

Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the...

Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the...

Parents should conduct their arguments in quiet, respectful tones, but in a foreign language. You'd...

Parents should conduct their arguments in quiet, respectful tones, but in a foreign language. You'd...

But that was war. Just about all he could find in its favor was that...

But that was war. Just about all he could find in its favor was that...

I know I want to have children while my parents are still young enough to...

I know I want to have children while my parents are still young enough to...

And her parents were astonished: but he charged them that they should tell no man...

And her parents were astonished: but he charged them that they should tell no man...

Is there a doctor in the house? My parents want me to marry you.

Is there a doctor in the house? My parents want me to marry you.

I lived in a plenty tough neighborhood. When somebody called me a 'dirty little Guinea',...

I lived in a plenty tough neighborhood. When somebody called me a 'dirty little Guinea',...

Good manners have much to do with the emotions. To make them ring true, one...

Good manners have much to do with the emotions. To make them ring true, one...

Oh, what a tangled web do parents weave, when they think their children are naÃ¯ve.

Oh, what a tangled web do parents weave, when they think their children are naÃ¯ve.

All children alarm their parents, if only because you are forever expecting to encounter yourself.

All children alarm their parents, if only because you are forever expecting to encounter yourself.

In my many years of coaching, he is the most focused in terms of the...

In my many years of coaching, he is the most focused in terms of the...

And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that...

And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that...