Quotes about british-statesman
british-statesman business found great guiding himself learning man
They are the guiding oracles which man has found out for himself in that great business of ours, of learning how to be, to do, to do without, and to depart.
british-statesman general improvement mankind supposed taking
They act as if they supposed that to be very sanguine about the general improvement of mankind is a virtue that relieves them from taking trouble about any improvement in particular.
british-statesman cause evolution force
Evolution is not a force but a process. Not a cause but a law.
british-statesman great life ought
A great interpreter of life ought not himself to need interpretation.
british-statesman cannot emotions
You cannot demonstrate an emotion or prove an aspiration.
british-statesman duty examine laws religion sure worship
Where it is a duty to worship the sun it is pretty sure to be a crime to examine the laws of heat.
british-statesman good hold unless
Even good opinions are worth very little unless we hold them in the broad, intelligent, and spacious way.
british-statesman brought good proverb
A proverb is good sense brought to a point.
british-statesman literature
Literature, the most seductive, the most deceiving, the most dangerous of professions.
british-statesman man
No man can climb out beyond the limitations of his own character.
british-statesman business great life
The great business of life is to be, to do, to do without and to depart.
british-statesman charge consistency depends reflect
But I have the satisfaction, at the same time, to reflect that the impression to be made depends upon the consistency of the charge and the motives of the prosecutors. Robert Walpole
british-statesman sole
I am called repeatedly and insidiously prime and sole minister. Robert Walpole
british-statesman conduct given grants obtained placed since station symptoms
Have I given any symptoms of an avaricious disposition? Have I obtained any grants from the crown since I have been placed at the head of the treasury? Has my conduct been different from that which others in the same station would have followed? Robert Walpole
british-statesman
I wish I was as cocksure of anything as Tom Macaulay is of everything.
british-statesman government preserve prevent
The whole duty of government is to prevent crime and to preserve contracts.
british-statesman men support
That is no use at all. What I want is men who will support me when I am in the wrong.
british-statesman fool honest
A doctrinaire is a fool but an honest man.
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It is not much matter which we say, but mind, we must all say the same.
british-statesman entertain esoteric maintain rugged safest side steep transit unpopular
My esoteric doctrine, is that if you entertain any doubt, it is safest to take the unpopular side in the first instance. Transit from the unpopular, is easy... but from the popular to the unpopular is so steep and rugged that it is impossible to maintain it.
british-statesman confess failed faults incapacity less love man pursuit wounds
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.
british-statesman except
Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.
british-statesman days frequently wiser
In those days he was wiser than he is now - he used frequently to take my advice. Lord Chesterfield
british-statesman work
He didn't riot. He got on his bike and looked for work. Norman Tebbit
british-statesman mother silence
When little is done, little is said; silence is the mother of truth. Benjamin Disraeli
british-statesman character greater sure
There is no greater index of character so sure as the voice. Benjamin Disraeli
british-statesman critical critics-and-criticism easier
It is easier to be critical than correct. Benjamin Disraeli
british-statesman opportunity ready secret success
The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes. Benjamin Disraeli
british-statesman life man opportunity ready secret success
The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes. Benjamin Disraeli
british-statesman critical easier
It is much easier to be critical than to be correct. Benjamin Disraeli
british-statesman learning merely private pull strike wear
Wear your learning like your watch, in a private pocket; and do not pull it out, and strike it, merely to show that you have one. Lord Chesterfield
british-statesman children flatters forward larger man neither nor plays serious trifles trusts women
Women are only children of a larger growth. A man of sense only trifles with them, plays with them, humours and flatters them, as he does with a sprightly and forward child; but he neither consults them about, nor trusts them with, serious matters.
british-statesman business detect expose eyes man perceive seem wrong
It is always right to detect a fraud, and to perceive a folly; but it is very often wrong to expose either. A man of business should always have his eyes open, but must often seem to have them shut.