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The habit of common and continuous speech is a symptom of mental deficiency. It proceeds from not knowing what is going on in other peoples minds. – Walter Bagehot

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So long as war is the main business of nations, temporary despotism – despotism during the campaign – is indispensable. – Walter Bagehot

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The best history is but like the art of Rembrandt it casts a vivid light on certain selected causes, on those which were best and greatest it leaves all the rest in shadow and unseen. – Walter Bagehot

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Conquest is the missionary of valor, and the hard impact of military virtues beats meanness out of the world. – Walter Bagehot

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From my earliest days I have enjoyed an attractive impediment in my speech. I have never permitted the use of the word stammer. I cant say it myself. – Patrick Campbell

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When you have spoken the word, it reigns over you. When it is unspoken you reign over it. – Arabic Proverb

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Debate is masculine, conversation is feminine. – Amos Bronson Alcott

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Speech of yourself ought to be seldom and well chosen. – Francis Bacon

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