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Small: A politician is a person with whose politics you dont agree if you agree with him hes a statesman
David Lloyd George
"A politician is a person with whose politics you don't agree; if you agree with him he's a statesman"
David Lloyd George, Statesman
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Small: What do you want to be a sailor for? There are greater storms in politics than you will ever find at sea. Pira
David Lloyd George
"What do you want to be a sailor for? There are greater storms in politics than you will ever find at sea. Piracy, broadsides, blood on the decks. You will find them all in politics"
David Lloyd George, Statesman
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Small: We are muddled into war
David Lloyd George
"We are muddled into war"
David Lloyd George, Statesman
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Small: A young man who isnt a socialist hasnt got a heart an old man who is a socialist hasnt got a head
David Lloyd George
"A young man who isn't a socialist hasn't got a heart; an old man who is a socialist hasn't got a head"
David Lloyd George, Statesman
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Small: There is nothing so fatal to character as half finished tasks
David Lloyd George
"There is nothing so fatal to character as half finished tasks"
David Lloyd George, Statesman
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Small: Liberty has restraints but no frontiers
David Lloyd George
"Liberty has restraints but no frontiers"
David Lloyd George, Statesman
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Small: Dread lord and cousin, may the almighty preserve your reverence and lordship in long life and good fortune
Owen Glendower
"Dread lord and cousin, may the almighty preserve your reverence and lordship in long life and good fortune"
Owen Glendower, Royalty
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Small: Most redoubted lord and right sovereign cousin, may the Almighty Lord have you in his keeping
Owen Glendower
"Most redoubted lord and right sovereign cousin, may the Almighty Lord have you in his keeping"
Owen Glendower, Royalty
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Small: The men and women cut their hair close round to the ears and eyes. The women, after the manner of the Parthian
"The men and women cut their hair close round to the ears and eyes. The women, after the manner of the Parthians, cover their heads with a large white veil, folded together in the form of a crown"
Giraldus Cambrensis, Clergyman
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Small: Nor do I think that any other nation than this of Wales, nor any other language, whatever may hereafter come t
"Nor do I think that any other nation than this of Wales, nor any other language, whatever may hereafter come to pass, shall on the day of severe examination before the Supreme Judge, answer for this corner of the earth"
Giraldus Cambrensis, Clergyman
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Small: Wales was in ancient times divided into three parts nearly equal, consideration having been paid, in this divi
"Wales was in ancient times divided into three parts nearly equal, consideration having been paid, in this division, more to the value than to the just quantity or proportion of territory"
Giraldus Cambrensis, Clergyman
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Small: Since, therefore, no man is born without faults, and he is esteemed the best whose errors are the least, let t
"Since, therefore, no man is born without faults, and he is esteemed the best whose errors are the least, let the wise man consider everything human as connected with himself; for in worldly affairs there is no perfect happiness under heaven"
Giraldus Cambrensis, Clergyman
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Small: Evil borders upon good, and vices are confounded with virtues as the report of good qualities is delightful to
"Evil borders upon good, and vices are confounded with virtues; as the report of good qualities is delightful to a well-disposed mind, so the relation of the contrary should not be offensive"
Giraldus Cambrensis, Clergyman
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Small: No one of this nation ever begs, for the houses of all are common to all and they consider liberality and hosp
"No one of this nation ever begs, for the houses of all are common to all; and they consider liberality and hospitality amongst the first virtues"
Giraldus Cambrensis, Clergyman
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Small: It is remarkable that this people, though unarmed, dares attack an armed foe the infantry defy the cavalry, an
"It is remarkable that this people, though unarmed, dares attack an armed foe; the infantry defy the cavalry, and by their activity and courage generally prove victors"
Giraldus Cambrensis, Clergyman
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Small: Happy and fortunate indeed would this nation be, nay, completely blessed, if it had good prelates and pastors,
"Happy and fortunate indeed would this nation be, nay, completely blessed, if it had good prelates and pastors, and but one prince, and that prince a good one"
Giraldus Cambrensis, Clergyman
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Small: This diamond has so many carats its almost a turnip
"This diamond has so many carats it's almost a turnip"
Richard Burton, Actor
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Small: I might run from her for a thousand years and she is still my baby child. Our love is so furious that we burn
"I might run from her for a thousand years and she is still my baby child. Our love is so furious that we burn each other out"
Richard Burton, Actor
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Small: A man that hoards up riches and enjoys them not, is like an ass that carries gold and eats thistles
"A man that hoards up riches and enjoys them not, is like an ass that carries gold and eats thistles"
Richard Burton, Actor
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Small: The Welsh are all actors. Its only the bad ones who become professional
"The Welsh are all actors. It's only the bad ones who become professional"
Richard Burton, Actor
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Small: If youre going to make rubbish, be the best rubbish in it
"If you're going to make rubbish, be the best rubbish in it"
Richard Burton, Actor
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Small: False friendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the walls it embraces but true friendship gives new life and
"False friendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the walls it embraces; but true friendship gives new life and animation to the object it supports"
Richard Burton, Actor
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Small: Travelers are like poets. They are mostly an angry race
"Travelers are like poets. They are mostly an angry race"
Richard Burton, Actor
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Small: Indeed he knows not how to know who knows not also how to un-know
"Indeed he knows not how to know who knows not also how to un-know"
Richard Burton, Actor
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Small: The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself
"The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself"
Richard Burton, Actor
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Small: Little islands are all large prisons: one cannot look at the sea without wishing for the wings of a swallow
"Little islands are all large prisons: one cannot look at the sea without wishing for the wings of a swallow"
Richard Burton, Actor
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Small: Ive done the most awful rubbish in order to have somewhere to go in the morning
"I've done the most awful rubbish in order to have somewhere to go in the morning"
Richard Burton, Actor
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Small: You may be as vicious about me as you please. You will only do me justice
"You may be as vicious about me as you please. You will only do me justice"
Richard Burton, Actor
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Small: When I played drunks I had to remain sober because I didnt know how to play them when I was drunk
"When I played drunks I had to remain sober because I didn't know how to play them when I was drunk"
Richard Burton, Actor
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Small: They lard their lean books with the fat of others work
"They lard their lean books with the fat of others work"
Richard Burton, Actor
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Small: How strange are the tricks of memory, which, often hazy as a dream about the most important events of a mans l
"How strange are the tricks of memory, which, often hazy as a dream about the most important events of a man's life, religiously preserve the merest trifles"
Richard Burton, Actor
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Small: Reaper of enemies strong of grip One kind with his fathers
"Reaper of enemies; strong of grip; One kind with his fathers"
Taliesin, Poet
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Small: The purpose of getting power is to be able to give it away
"The purpose of getting power is to be able to give it away"
Aneurin Bevan, Politician
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Small: This is my truth, tell me yours
"This is my truth, tell me yours"
Aneurin Bevan, Politician
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Small: Stand not too near the rich man lest he destroy thee - and not too far away lest he forget thee
"Stand not too near the rich man lest he destroy thee - and not too far away lest he forget thee"
Aneurin Bevan, Politician
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Small: Fascism is not in itself a new order of society. It is the future refusing to be born
"Fascism is not in itself a new order of society. It is the future refusing to be born"
Aneurin Bevan, Politician
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Small: This island is made mainly of coal and surrounded by fish. Only an organizing genius could produce a shortage
"This island is made mainly of coal and surrounded by fish. Only an organizing genius could produce a shortage of coal and fish at the same time"
Aneurin Bevan, Politician
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Small: No attempt at ethical or social seduction can eradicate from my heart a deep burning hatred for the Tory Party
"No attempt at ethical or social seduction can eradicate from my heart a deep burning hatred for the Tory Party. So far as I am concerned they are lower than vermin"
Aneurin Bevan, Politician
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Small: The Prime Minister has an absolute genius for putting flamboyant labels on empty luggage
"The Prime Minister has an absolute genius for putting flamboyant labels on empty luggage"
Aneurin Bevan, Politician
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Small: I would rather be kept alive in the efficient if cold altruism of a large hospital than expire in a gush of wa
"I would rather be kept alive in the efficient if cold altruism of a large hospital than expire in a gush of warm sympathy in a small one"
Aneurin Bevan, Politician
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