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| Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness and with fervor. | | Life | |
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| Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen. | | Travel | |
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| Lord Salisbury and myself have brought you back peace - but a peace I hope with honour. | | Uncategorized | |
| Man is a being born to believe, and if no church comes forward with the title deeds of truth, he will find altars and idols in his own heart and his own imagination | | Uncategorized | |
| Man is made to adore and to obey: but if you will not command him, if you give him nothing to worship, he will fashion his own divinities, and find a chieftain in his own passions. | | Uncategorized | |
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| Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter. | | Power | |
| Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions | | Passion | |
| Man is truely great when he can act from his passions | | Passion | |
| Many thanks; I shall lose no time in reading your book | | Uncategorized | |
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| Moderation has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to console undistinguished people for their want of fortune and their lack of merit. | | Moderation; Virtue | |
| Moderation is the center wherein all philosophies, both human and divine, meet. | | Moderation | |
| My idea of an acceptable person is someone that is ready to accept my ideas. | | Uncategorized | |
| My idea of an agreeable person, is a person who agrees with me | | Uncategorized | |
| My objection to Liberalism is this -- that it is the introduction into the practical business of life of the highest kind -- namely, politics -- of philosophical ideas instead of political principles. | | Uncategorized | |
