It wounds a man less to confess that he has failed in any pursuit through idleness, neglect, the love of pleasure, etc., etc., which are his own faults, than through incapacity and unfitness, which are the faults of his nature.

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I wish I was as cocksure of anything as Tom Macaulay is of everything.

I wish I was as cocksure of anything as Tom Macaulay is of everything.

Your friends praise your abilities to the skies, submit to you in argument, and seem...

Your friends praise your abilities to the skies, submit to you in argument, and seem...

A doctrinaire is a fool but an honest man.

A doctrinaire is a fool but an honest man.

Once is orthodox, twice is puritanical.

Once is orthodox, twice is puritanical.

My esoteric doctrine, is that if you entertain any doubt, it is safest to take...

My esoteric doctrine, is that if you entertain any doubt, it is safest to take...

That is no use at all. What I want is men who will support me...

That is no use at all. What I want is men who will support me...

Things are coming to a pretty pass when religion is allowed to invade private life.

Things are coming to a pretty pass when religion is allowed to invade private life.

It is not much matter which we say, but mind, we must all say the...

It is not much matter which we say, but mind, we must all say the...

Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.

Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.