Occupation: Former Chancellor Of The Exchequer Birth: December 29, 1809 Death: May 19, 1898
Selfishness is the greatest curse of the human race..
No one ever became great except through many and great mistakes..
Good laws make it easier to do right and harder to do wrong..
Be inspired with the belief that life is a great and noble calling; not a mean and groveling thing that we are to shuffle through as we can, but an e….
Books are delightful society. If you go into a room and find it full of books - even without taking them from the shelves they seem to speak to you, ….
Men are apt to mistake the strength of their feeling for the strength of their argument. The heated mind resents the chill touch and relentless scrut….
You cannot fight against future. Time is on its side..
Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence. Conservatism is distrust of the people tempered by fear..
Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won't have to hunt for happiness..
Nothing that is morally wrong can be politically right..
My only hope for the world is in bringing the human mind into contact with divine revelation..
If you are cold, tea will warm you; if you are too heated, it will cool you; If you are depressed, it will cheer you; If you are excited, it will cal….
One example is worth a thousand arguments..
The errors of former times are recorded for our instruction in order that we may avoid their repition..
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..
Here is my first principle of foreign policy: good government at home..
Justice delayed is justice denied..
There is a limit to the work that can be got out of a human body or a human brain, and he is a wise man who wastes no energy on pursuits for which he….
National injustice is the surest road to national downfall..
Be thorough in all you do; and remember that although ignorance often may be innocent, pretension is always despicable..
We are bound to lose Ireland in consequence of years of cruelty, stupidity and misgovernment and I would rather lose her as a friend than as a foe..