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“Wisdom may be the ultimate arbiter, but is seldom the immediate agent in human affairs.”

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The things which cannot be adequately represented by words are more important than those which can.

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Power and courtly influence form an intoxicating draught even when raised to the lips of an ascetic and a saint.

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Thus hope, aided by imagination, makes one man a hero, another a somnambulist, and a third a lunatic; while it renders them all enthusiasts.

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A well-judging man will open his trunk-line of study in such a direction that, while habitually adhering to it, he may enjoy a ready…

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A liberal conservative is a man who thinks things ought to progress but would rather they remained as they are.

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To try to make men equal by altering social arrangements is like trying to make the cards of equal value by shuffling the pack.

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The Fundamental Principle that governs - or ought to govern -human affairs if we wish to avoid misunderstandings, conflicts, or pointless utopias, is negotiation.

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My hope does not rest in the affairs of this world. It rests in Christ who is coming again.

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