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

Quote by Lord Melbourne

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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.

It wounds a man less to confess that he has failed in any pursuit through...

It wounds a man less to confess that he has failed in any pursuit through...

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...

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.

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...

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

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

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...

Once is orthodox, twice is puritanical.

Once is orthodox, twice is puritanical.