A family on the throne is an interesting idea. It brings down the pride of sovereignty to the level of petty life.

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Poverty is an anomaly to rich people; it is very difficult to make out why people who want dinner do not ring the bell.

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So long as war is the main business of nations, temporary despotism - despotism during the campaign - is indispensable.

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The whole history of civilization is strewn with creeds and institutions which were invaluable at first, and deadly afterwards.

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The being without an opinion is so painful to human nature that most people will leap to a hasty opinion rather than undergo it.

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A severe though not unfriendly critic of our institutions said that the cure for admiring the House of Lords was to go and look at it.

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It is often said that men are ruled by their imaginations; but it would be truer to say they are governed by the weakness of their imaginations.

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The habit of common and continuous speech is a symptom of mental deficiency. It proceeds from not knowing what is going on in other people's minds.

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I started out by believing God for a newer car than the one I was driving. I started out believing God for a nicer apartment than I had. Then I moved up.

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All the best stories in the world are but one story in reality - the story of escape. It is the only thing which interests us all and at all times, how to escape.

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