The governments of the present day have to deal not merely with other governments, with emperors, kings and ministers, but also with the secret societies which have everywhere their unscrupulous agents, and can at the last moment upset all the…

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

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

Books are the curse of the human race.

Books are the curse of the human race.

It destroys one's nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being.

It destroys one's nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being.

Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in...

Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in...

The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes.

The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes.

For life in general, there is but one decree; youth is a blunder, manhood a...

For life in general, there is but one decree; youth is a blunder, manhood a...

Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.

Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.

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

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

Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are...

Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are...

William Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect.

William Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect.

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his...

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his...

You will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities...

You will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities...

The practice of politics in the East may be defined by one word: dissimulation.

The practice of politics in the East may be defined by one word: dissimulation.

No man is regular in his attendance at the House of Commons until he is...

No man is regular in his attendance at the House of Commons until he is...

A conservative government is an organized hypocrisy.

A conservative government is an organized hypocrisy.

Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.

Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.

Without tact you can learn nothing.

Without tact you can learn nothing.

Assassination has never changed the history of the world

Assassination has never changed the history of the world

Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.

Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.

I was told stories, we were all told stories as kids in Nigeria. We had...

I was told stories, we were all told stories as kids in Nigeria. We had...