“ The spirit of man is an inward flame; a lamp the world blows upon but never puts out. ”
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“ Journalism over here is not only an obsession but a drawback that cannot be overrated. Politicians are frightened of the press, and in the same way as bull-fighting has a brutalizing effect upon Spain headlines of murder, rape, and rubbish, excite and demoralize the American public. ”
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“ If you have been sunned through and through like an apricot on a wall from your earliest days, you are oversensitive to any withdrawal of heat. ”
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“ Lord Birkenhead is very clever but sometimes his brains go to his head. ”
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“ There are big men, men of intellect, intellectual men, men of talent and men of action; but the great man is difficult to find, and it needs — apart from discernment — a certain greatness to find him. ”
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“ If you have been sunned through and through like an apricot on a wall from your earliest days, you are oversensitive to any withdrawal of heat. ”
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“ If you have been sunned through and through like an apricot on a wall from your earliest days, you are oversensitive to any withdrawal of heat. ”
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“ What a pity, when Christopher Colombus discovered America, that he ever mentioned it. ”
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“ The first element of greatness is fundamental humbleness ; the second is freedom from self; the third is intrepid courage, which, taken in its widest interpretation, generally goes with truth; and the fourth — the power to love — although I have put it last, is the rarest. ”
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“ There are big men, men of intellect, intellectual men, men of talent and men of action; but the great man is difficult to find, and it needs — apart from discernment — a certain greatness to find him. ”
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“ There are big men, men of intellect, intellectual men, men of talent and men of action; but the great man is difficult to find, and it needs — apart from discernment — a certain greatness to find him. ”
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“ What a pity, when Christopher Colombus discovered America, that he ever mentioned it. ”
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“ Rich men's houses are seldom beautiful, rarely comfortable, and never original. It is a constant source of surprise to people of moderate means to observe how little a big fortune contributes to Beauty. ”
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“ What a pity, when Christopher Colombus discovered America, that he ever mentioned it. ”
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“ Lloyd George could not see a belt without hitting below it. ”
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“ Lloyd George could not see a belt without hitting below it. ”
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“ There are big men, men of intellect, intellectual men, men of talent and men of action; but the great man is difficult to find, and it needs — apart from discernment — a certain greatness to find him. ”
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“ The capacity to suffer varies more than anything that I have observed in human nature. ”
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“ It is always dangerous to generalize, but the American people, while infinitely generous, are a hard and strong race and, but for the few cemeteries I have seen, I am inclined to think they never die. ”
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