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> [How marvelous it all is! Built not by saints and angels, but the work of men's hands; cemented with men's honest blood and with a world of tears, welded by the best brains of centuries past; not without the taint…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/archibald-primrose-5th-earl-of-rosebery/how-marvelous-it-all-is-built-not-by-saints-and-angels-but-the-work/)

[Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/archibald-primrose-5th-earl-of-rosebery/)

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## More by Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery

> [Lloyd George is a one-eyed fellow in blinkers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/archibald-primrose-5th-earl-of-rosebery/lloyd-george-is-a-one-eyed-fellow-in-blinkers/)

[Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/archibald-primrose-5th-earl-of-rosebery/)

> [The Empire is a Commonwealth of nations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/archibald-primrose-5th-earl-of-rosebery/the-empire-is-a-commonwealth-of-nations/)

[Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/archibald-primrose-5th-earl-of-rosebery/)

> [Whatever thrift is, it is not avarice. Avarice is not generous; and, after all, it is the thrifty people who are generous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/archibald-primrose-5th-earl-of-rosebery/whatever-thrift-is-it-is-not-avarice-avarice-is-not-generous-and/)

[Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/archibald-primrose-5th-earl-of-rosebery/)

> [We regard our parties as interesting groups of gladiators.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/archibald-primrose-5th-earl-of-rosebery/we-regard-our-parties-as-interesting-groups-of-gladiators/)

[Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/archibald-primrose-5th-earl-of-rosebery/)

> [How marvelous it all is! Built not by saints and angels, but the work of men's hands; cemented with men's honest blood and with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/archibald-primrose-5th-earl-of-rosebery/how-marvelous-it-all-is-built-not-by-saints-and-angels-but-the-work/)

[Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/archibald-primrose-5th-earl-of-rosebery/)

> [Do not first announce action, and then, when you are unable to take action, withdraw, because you will only find yourself in the same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/archibald-primrose-5th-earl-of-rosebery/do-not-first-announce-action-and-then-when-you-are-unable-to-take/)

[Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/archibald-primrose-5th-earl-of-rosebery/)

> [A man will blithely do in politics what he would kick a man downstairs for in ordinary life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/archibald-primrose-5th-earl-of-rosebery/a-man-will-blithely-do-in-politics-what-he-would-kick-a-man/)

[Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/archibald-primrose-5th-earl-of-rosebery/)

> [Lord Randolph Churchill was the chief mourner at his own protracted funeral.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/archibald-primrose-5th-earl-of-rosebery/lord-randolph-churchill-was-the-chief-mourner-at-his-own-protracted/)

[Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/archibald-primrose-5th-earl-of-rosebery/)

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