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Quote by Benjamin Disraeli
A precedent embalms a principle. - Benjamin Disraeli

A precedent embalms a principle. – Benjamin Disraeli

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Sweet is the voice of a sister in the season of sorrow, and wise is the counsel of those who love us. – Benjamin Disraeli

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In America nothing dies easier than tradition. – Russell Baker

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Tradition! We scarcely know the word anymore. We are afraid to be either proud of our ancestors or ashamed of them. We cling to a bourgeois mediocrity which would make it appear we are all Americans, made in the image and likeness of George Washington. – Dorothy Day

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To keep up even a worthwhile tradition means vitiating the idea behind it which must necessarily be in a constant state of evolution: it is mad to try to express new feelings in a mummified form. – Alfred Jarry

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The dead govern the living. – Auguste Comte

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The artist is the confidant of nature, flowers carry on dialogues with him through the graceful bending of their stems and the harmoniously tinted nuances of their blossoms. Every flower has a cordial word which nature directs towards him. – Auguste Rodin

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Punctuality is the politeness of kings. – Louis XVIII

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