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What all the wise men promised has not happened and what all the dammed fools said would happen has come to pass.


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Be not over solicitous about education. It may be able to do much, but it does not do as much as expected from it. It may mould and direct the character, but it rarely alters it.

Be not over solicitous about education. It may be able to do much, but it does not do as much as expected from it. It may mould and direct the character, but it rarely alters it.



Neither man nor woman can be worth anything until they have discovered that they are fools. The sooner the discovery is made the better, as there is more time and power for taking advantage of it.

Neither man nor woman can be worth anything until they have discovered that they are fools. The sooner the discovery is made the better, as there is more time and power for taking advantage of it.



Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.

Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.



That is no use at all. What I want is men who will support me when I am in the wrong.

That is no use at all. What I want is men who will support me when I am in the wrong.



It doesn't matter what we say , so long as we all say the same thing.

It doesn't matter what we say , so long as we all say the same thing.



It is not much matter which we say, but mind, we must all say the same.

It is not much matter which we say, but mind, we must all say the same.



While I cannot be regarded as a pillar, I must be regarded as a buttress of the church, because I support it from outside.

While I cannot be regarded as a pillar, I must be regarded as a buttress of the church, because I support it from outside.



I wish I was as cocksure of anything as Tom Macaulay is of everything.

I wish I was as cocksure of anything as Tom Macaulay is of everything.



What I like about the Order of the Garter is that there is no damned merit about it.

What I like about the Order of the Garter is that there is no damned merit about it.



A doctrinaire is a fool but an honest man.

A doctrinaire is a fool but an honest man.





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Corporations turned the human into a robot a long time ago.

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I don't wake up each morning saying, 'Oh, wow, it's me. I think I'm the cat's meow. I'm the best.'

I don't wake up each morning saying, 'Oh, wow, it's me. I think I'm the cat's meow. I'm the best.'



Israel is the Jimmy Saville of nation states.

Israel is the Jimmy Saville of nation states.



When Celtic faced closure in 1994. My feelings then were of disbelief and concern for my mates who were Celtic fans.

When Celtic faced closure in 1994. My feelings then were of disbelief and concern for my mates who were Celtic fans.



I am humbled and grateful for the four years the people of the state of Nevada have given me as governor and I am proud of the work we all did.

I am humbled and grateful for the four years the people of the state of Nevada have given me as governor and I am proud of the work we all did.



Truth, like gold, is not less so for being newly brought out of the mine.

Truth, like gold, is not less so for being newly brought out of the mine.



I don't like to hear myself sing. So to get comfortable hearing myself sing, I sang in another accent.

I don't like to hear myself sing. So to get comfortable hearing myself sing, I sang in another accent.



Yes I’m a beast and I feast when I conquer!

Yes I’m a beast and I feast when I conquer!



Fearlessness is a result of faith in oneself and faith in God.

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