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To be engaged in opposing wrong affords...but a slender guarantee for being right.
William E. Gladstone
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William E. Gladstone
Age: 88 †
Born: 1809
Born: December 29
Died: 1898
Died: May 19
Diplomat
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City of Liverpool
William Gladstone
Gladstone
W. E. Gladstone
The Rt Hon William Ewart Gladstone
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Be thorough in all you do and remember that although ignorance often may be innocent, pretension is always despicable.
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Censure and criticism never hurt anybody. If false, they can't hurt you unless you are wanting in manly character and if true, they show a man his weak points, and forewarn him against failure and trouble.
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Thrift of time will repay you in after-life with a thousandfold of profit beyond your most sanguine dreams.
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It is difficult to see anything but infatuation in the destructive temperament which leads to the action ... that each of us is to rejoice that our several units are to be distinguished at death into countless millions of organisms for such, it seems, is the latest revelation delivered from the fragile tripod of a modern Delphi.
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The errors of former times are recorded for our instruction in order that we may avoid their repition.
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Selfishness is the greatest curse of the human race.
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We look forward to the time when the Power of Love will replace the Love of Power. Then will our world know the blessings of peace.
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Budgets are not merely affairs of arithmetic, but in a thousand ways go to the root of prosperity of individuals, the relation of classes and the strength of kingdoms.
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Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won't have to hunt for happiness.
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