The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes.

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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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Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forgo an advantage.

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Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.

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There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour.

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The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend.

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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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Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds.

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The very phrase 'foreign affairs' makes an Englishman convinced that I am about to treat of subjects with which he has no concern.

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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.

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