Gratitude is one of those things that cannot be bought. It must be born with men, or else all the obligations in the world will not create it.
Edward F. Halifax
True merit, like a river, the deeper it is, the less noise it makes
merit true river noise
Most men's anger about religion is as if two men should quarrel for a lady they neither of them care for.
anger men religion care lady
The plainer the dress, the greater luster does beauty appear.
beauty dress greater
Misspending a man's time is a kind of self-homicide.
time kind
men world gratitude things create born
Ignorance makes most men go into a political party, and shame keeps them from getting out of it.
men political ignorance shame party
I often think how much easier the world would have been to manage if Herr Hitler and Signor Mussolini had been at Oxford.
world hitler
Hope is generally a wrong guide, though it is very good company by the way.
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He who leaves nothing to chance will do few things poorly, but he will do few things.
chance things
Those who are of the opinion that money will do everything may reasonably be expected to do everything for money.
money opinion
When people contend for their liberty they seldom get anything for their victory, but new masters.
liberty victory people
Men who borrow their opinions can never repay their debts.
men
The invisible thing called a Good Name is made up of the breath of numbers that speak well of you.
numbers
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