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Quotes from The map of life; conduct and character — William Edward Hartpole Lecky

1838–1903 Ireland

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The great art in politics consists not in hearing those who speak, but in hearing those who are silent.

The map of life; conduct and character (1899)

Ambition is the luxury of the happy. It is sometimes, but more rarely, the consolation and distraction of the wretched...

The map of life; conduct and character (1899)

Men continually forget that Happiness is a condition of Mind, and not a disposition of circumstances, and one of the most common of errors is that of confusing happiness with the means of happiness, sacrificing the first for the attainment of the second.

The map of life; conduct and character (1899)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: William Edward Hartpole Lecky (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.