The surest way to prevent war is not to fear it.

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I am an aristocrat. I love liberty; I hate equality.

I am an aristocrat. I love liberty; I hate equality.

We all know our duty better than we discharge it.

We all know our duty better than we discharge it.

I believe I should have been swept away by the flood of French infidelity, if...

I believe I should have been swept away by the flood of French infidelity, if...

That most delicious of all privileges - spending other people's money

That most delicious of all privileges - spending other people's money

Never were abilities so much below mediocrity so well rewarded; no, not when Caligula's horse...

Never were abilities so much below mediocrity so well rewarded; no, not when Caligula's horse...

That most delicious of all privileges - spending other people's money.

That most delicious of all privileges - spending other people's money.

Time is at once the most valuable and the most perishable of all our possessions.

Time is at once the most valuable and the most perishable of all our possessions.

Mean spirits under disappointment, like small beer in a thunderstorm always turn sour

Mean spirits under disappointment, like small beer in a thunderstorm always turn sour

Disappointment is often the salt of life

Disappointment is often the salt of life

The pleasure of expecting enjoyment is often greater than that of obtaining it, and the...

The pleasure of expecting enjoyment is often greater than that of obtaining it, and the...

There will be little rubs and disappointments everywhere, and we are all apt to expect...

There will be little rubs and disappointments everywhere, and we are all apt to expect...

Disappointment, when it involves neither shame nor loss, is as good as success; for it...

Disappointment, when it involves neither shame nor loss, is as good as success; for it...

Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies.

Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies.

Expect nothing and accept everything and you will never be disappointed

Expect nothing and accept everything and you will never be disappointed

These slight disappointments are sent to prepare For what may hereafter befall;For seasons of real...

These slight disappointments are sent to prepare For what may hereafter befall;For seasons of real...

Better never to have met you in my dream than to wake and reach for...

Better never to have met you in my dream than to wake and reach for...

I hate that feeling when you go to bed knowing the next day you're going...

I hate that feeling when you go to bed knowing the next day you're going...

The more we shelter children from every disappointment, the more devastating future disappointments will be.

The more we shelter children from every disappointment, the more devastating future disappointments will be.

Love has features which pierce all hearts, he wears a bandage which conceals the faults...

Love has features which pierce all hearts, he wears a bandage which conceals the faults...

We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain...

We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain...