Quote #22

Depend upon it, Sir, nothing will come of them!

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  1. I should have given more praise.
  2. I used to say of him that his presence on the field made the difference of forty thousand men.
  3. We always have been, we are, and I hope that we always shall be, detested in France.
  4. The only thing I am afraid of is fear.
  5. I have no small talk and Peel has no manners.
  6. The French system of conscription brings together a fair sample of all classes; ours is composed of the scum of the earth - the mere scum o…
  7. You must build your House of Parliament on the river: so... that the populace cannot exact their demands by sitting down round you.
  8. My rule always was to do the business of the day in the day.

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