Quotes about british-statesman
british-statesman care deserve dress surely
Words, which are the dress of thoughts, deserve surely more care than clothes, which are only the dress of the person.
british-statesman course time
There is time enough for everything, in the course of the day, if you do but one thing at once; but there is not time enough in the year, if you will do two things at a time.
british-statesman days frequently wiser
In those days he was wiser than he is now - he used frequently to take my advice. Lord Chesterfield
british-statesman work
He didn't riot. He got on his bike and looked for work. Norman Tebbit
british-statesman great himself ivy man merit power raise round
A young man, be his merit what it will, can never raise himself; but must, like the ivy round the oak, twine himself round some man of great power and interest.
british-statesman children flatters forward larger man neither nor plays serious trifles trusts women
Women are only children of a larger growth. A man of sense only trifles with them, plays with them, humours and flatters them, as he does with a sprightly and forward child; but he neither consults them about, nor trusts them with, serious matters.
british-statesman business found great guiding himself learning man
They are the guiding oracles which man has found out for himself in that great business of ours, of learning how to be, to do, to do without, and to depart.
british-statesman general improvement mankind supposed taking
They act as if they supposed that to be very sanguine about the general improvement of mankind is a virtue that relieves them from taking trouble about any improvement in particular.
british-statesman cause evolution force
Evolution is not a force but a process. Not a cause but a law.
british-statesman great life ought
A great interpreter of life ought not himself to need interpretation.
british-statesman cannot emotions
You cannot demonstrate an emotion or prove an aspiration.
british-statesman duty examine laws religion sure worship
Where it is a duty to worship the sun it is pretty sure to be a crime to examine the laws of heat.
british-statesman good hold unless
Even good opinions are worth very little unless we hold them in the broad, intelligent, and spacious way.
british-statesman brought good proverb
A proverb is good sense brought to a point.
british-statesman literature
Literature, the most seductive, the most deceiving, the most dangerous of professions.
british-statesman man
No man can climb out beyond the limitations of his own character.
british-statesman business great life
The great business of life is to be, to do, to do without and to depart.
british-statesman charge consistency depends reflect
But I have the satisfaction, at the same time, to reflect that the impression to be made depends upon the consistency of the charge and the motives of the prosecutors. Robert Walpole
british-statesman sole
I am called repeatedly and insidiously prime and sole minister.
british-statesman conduct given grants obtained placed since station symptoms
Have I given any symptoms of an avaricious disposition? Have I obtained any grants from the crown since I have been placed at the head of the treasury? Has my conduct been different from that which others in the same station would have followed?
british-statesman business detect expose eyes man perceive seem wrong
It is always right to detect a fraud, and to perceive a folly; but it is very often wrong to expose either. A man of business should always have his eyes open, but must often seem to have them shut.
british-statesman charge impartial permitted plain trial
Wherever they have been arraigned, a plain charge has been exhibited against them. They have had an impartial trial and have been permitted to make their defense.
british-statesman burden ease gratitude imperfect lighten ourselves willing
Gratitude is a burden upon our imperfect nature, and we are but too willing to ease ourselves of it, or at least to lighten it as much as we can.
british-statesman
I wish I was as cocksure of anything as Tom Macaulay is of everything.
british-statesman government preserve prevent
The whole duty of government is to prevent crime and to preserve contracts.
british-statesman men support
That is no use at all. What I want is men who will support me when I am in the wrong.
british-statesman fool honest
A doctrinaire is a fool but an honest man.
british-statesman
It is not much matter which we say, but mind, we must all say the same.
british-statesman entertain esoteric maintain rugged safest side steep transit unpopular
My esoteric doctrine, is that if you entertain any doubt, it is safest to take the unpopular side in the first instance. Transit from the unpopular, is easy... but from the popular to the unpopular is so steep and rugged that it is impossible to maintain it.
british-statesman confess failed faults incapacity less love man pursuit wounds
It wounds a man less to confess that he has failed in any pursuit through idleness, neglect, the love of pleasure, etc., etc., which are his own faults, than through incapacity and unfitness, which are the faults of his nature.
british-statesman except
Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.
british-statesman count learned learning people pocket pull seem time watch wear
Never seem more learned than the people you are with. Wear your learning like a pocket watch and keep it hidden. Do not pull it out to count the hours, but give the time when you are asked.
british-statesman change country
In a progressive country change is constant; change is inevitable. Benjamin Disraeli