"Happiness is only to be found in a recurrence to the principles of human nature; and these will prompt very simple measures."
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"The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians."
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"The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can ever end."
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"The test of political institutions is the condition of the country whose future they regulate."
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"Were it not for music, we might in these days say, the Beautiful is dead."
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"Amusement to an observing mind is study."
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"Religion should be the rule of life, not a casual incident in it."
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"No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition."
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"The press is not only free, it is powerful. That power is ours. It is the proudest that man can enjoy."
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"Travel teaches toleration."
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"He was distinguished for ignorance; for he had only one idea, and that was wrong."
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"Grief is the agony of an instant. The indulgence of grief the blunder of a life."
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"We moralize among ruins."
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"Adventures are to the adventurous."
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"Beauty and health are the chief sources of happiness."
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"Frank and explicit - that is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and confuse the minds of others."
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"The character of a woman rapidly develops after marriage, and sometimes seems to change, when in fact it is only complete."
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"There is magic in the memory of schoolboy friendships; it softens the heart, and even affects the nervous system of those who have no heart."
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"The Italians say it is not necessary to be a stag; but we ought not to be a tortoise."
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"King Louis Philippe once said to me that he attributed the great success of the British nation in political life to their talking politics after dinner."
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