English
Politician,
Author and
Nobleman
(December 21,
1804 -
April 19,
1881)
"Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them."
"A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance."
"Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius."
"The difference of race is one of the reasons why I fear war may always exist; because race implies difference, difference implies superiority, and superiority leads to predominance."
"Diligence is the mother of good fortune."
"The fool wonders, the wise man asks."
"The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but to reveal to him his own."
"Grief is the agony of an instant, the indulgence of grief the blunder of a life."
"How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct."
"Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for truth."
"Never complain and never explain."
"Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forgo an advantage."
"No government can be long secure without formidable opposition."
"Nurture your mind with great thoughts; to believe in the heroic makes heroes."
"One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes."
"The secret of success is constancy to purpose."
"Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning."
"Silence is the mother of truth."
"Success is the child of audacity."
"Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most."
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics."
"To be conscious that you are ignorant is a great step to knowledge."
"War is never a solution; it is an aggravation."
"What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expected generally happens."
"The wisdom of the wise, and the experience of ages, may be preserved by quotation."
