Mediocrity is now, as formerly, dangerous, commonly fatal, to the poet; but among even the successful writers of prose, those who rise sensibly above it are the very rarest exceptions

Quote by William E Gladstone

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No man ever became great or good except through many and great mistakes.

No man ever became great or good except through many and great mistakes.

There should be a sympathy with freedom, a desire to give it scope, founded not...

There should be a sympathy with freedom, a desire to give it scope, founded not...

It is not a life at all. It is a reticence, in three volumes.

It is not a life at all. It is a reticence, in three volumes.

All the world over, I will back the masses against the classes.

All the world over, I will back the masses against the classes.

Men are apt to mistake the strength of their feeling for the strength of their...

Men are apt to mistake the strength of their feeling for the strength of their...

Nothing that is morally wrong can be politically right.

Nothing that is morally wrong can be politically right.

Mediocrity is now, as formerly, dangerous, commonly fatal, to the poet; but among even the...

Mediocrity is now, as formerly, dangerous, commonly fatal, to the poet; but among even the...

Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence. Conservatism is distrust of the people...

Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence. Conservatism is distrust of the people...

This is the negation of God erected into a system of government.

This is the negation of God erected into a system of government.

The disease of an evil conscience is beyond the practice of all the physicians of...

The disease of an evil conscience is beyond the practice of all the physicians of...

Selfishness is the greatest curse of the human race

Selfishness is the greatest curse of the human race

You cannot fight against the future. Time is on our side.

You cannot fight against the future. Time is on our side.

We look forward to the time when the power to love will replace the love...

We look forward to the time when the power to love will replace the love...

Here is my first principle of foreign policy: good government at home.

Here is my first principle of foreign policy: good government at home.

No one ever became great except through many and great mistakes.

No one ever became great except through many and great mistakes.

We are bound to lose Ireland in consequence of years of cruelty, stupidity and misgovernment...

We are bound to lose Ireland in consequence of years of cruelty, stupidity and misgovernment...

Selfishness is the greatest curse of the human race.

Selfishness is the greatest curse of the human race.

It is the duty of government to make it difficult for people to do wrong,...

It is the duty of government to make it difficult for people to do wrong,...

Justice delayed is justice denied.

Justice delayed is justice denied.

Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won't...

Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won't...