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Popular applause veers with the wind. - John Bright

Popular applause veers with the wind. – John Bright

Other quotes by John Bright

The Government and the Parliament, even the House of Lords, will consent to a large increase of electors and men who have not considered the subject fully will imagine they have gained much by the concession. – John Bright

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Government
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John Bright
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Few people rise to our esteem upon closer scrutiny. – Proverb

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Fame

But the iniquity of oblivion blindly scattereth her poppy, and deals with the memory of men without distinction to merit of perpetuity. – Sir Thomas Browne

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Fame

Fame is the thirst of youth. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron

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Folly loves the martyrdom of fame. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron

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Earth teach me to forget myself as melted snow forgets its life. Earth teach me resignation as the leaves which die in the fall. Earth teach me courage as the tree which stands all alone. Earth teach me regeneration as the seed which rises in the spring. – William Alexander

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Today I bent the truth to be kind, and I have no regret, for I am far surer of what is kind than I am of what is true. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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I pondered all these things, and how men fight and lose the battle, and the thing that they fought for comes about in spite of their defeat, and when it comes turns out not to be what they meant, and other men have to fight for what they meant under another name. – William Morris

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