The more extensive a man's knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do.
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It was not reason that besieged Troy it was not reason that sent forth the Saracen from the desert to conquer the world that inspired the crusades that instituted the monastic orders it was not reason that produced the Jesuits above all, it was not reason that created the French Revolution. Man is only great when he acts from the passions never irresistible but when he appeals to the imagination.Benjamin Disraeli
The Duke of Wellington brought to the post of first minister immortal fame,a quality of success which would almost seem to include all others.
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Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.
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A majority is always better than the best repartee.
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Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.
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I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?
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