A bureaucracy is sure to think that its duty is to augment official power, official business, or official members, rather than to leave free the energies of mankind; it overdoes the quantity of government, as well as impairs its quality. The truth is, that a skilled bureaucracy is, though it boasts of an appearance of science, quite inconsistent with the true principles of the art of business. |
A constitutional statesman is in general a man of common opinions and uncommon abilities. |
A family on the throne is an interesting idea. It brings down the pride of sovereignty to the level of petty life. |
A man's mother is his misfortune, but his wife is his fault |
A man's mother is his misfortune, but his wife is his fault |
A Parliament is nothing less than a big meeting of more or less idle people. |
A princely marriage is the brilliant edition of a universal fact, and, as such, it rivets mankind. |
A schoolmaster should have an atmosphere of awe, and walk wonderingly, as if he was amazed at being himself. |
A slight daily unconscious luxury is hardly ever wanting to the dwellers in civilization; like the gentle air of a genial climate, it is a perpetual minute enjoyment. |
All the best stories in the world are but one story in reality - the story of escape. It is the only thing which interests us all and at all times, how to escape. |
An ambassador is not simply an agent; he is also a spectacle. |
An element of exaggeration clings to the popular judgment: great vices are made greater, great virtues greater also; interesting incidents are made more interesting, softer legends more soft. |
An element of exaggeration clings to the popular judgment: great vices are made greater, great virtues greater also; interesting incidents are made more interesting, softer legends more soft. |
An inability to stay quiet is one of the conspicuous failings of mankind. |
An influential member of parliament has not only to pay much money to become such, and to give time and labour, he has also to sacrifice his mind too - at least all the characteristics part of it that which is original and most his own. |