A man may speak very well in the House of Commons and fail very completely in the House of Lords. There are two distinct styles requisite: I intend in the course of my career if I have time to give a specimen of both.

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An author who speaks about their own books is almost as bad as a mother who speaks about her own ch

An author who speaks about their own books is almost as bad as a mother who speaks about her own children.

There is no education like adversity.

There is no education like adversity.

The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.

The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.

Like all great travellers I have seen more than I remember and remember more than I have seen.

Like all great travellers I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen.

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    When you are missing someone, time seems to move slower, and when I’m falling in love with someone, time seems to be moving faster.

    When you are missing someone, time seems to move slower, and when I’m falling in love with someone, time seems to be moving faster.

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    We are living in a culture entirely hypnotized by the illusion of time, in which the so-called present moment is felt as nothing but an infinitesimal hairline between an all-powerfully causative past and an absorbingly important future. 

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