| James Wood, comp. Dictionary of Quotations. 1899. | | | | Lord John Russell |
| | | Collision is as necessary to produce virtue in men, as it is to elicit fire in inanimate matter; and chivalry is the essence of virtue. | 1 |
| Conspicuous by its absence. | 2 |
| The habit of party in England is not to ask the alliance of a man of genius, but to follow the guidance of a man of character. | 3 |
| The wit of one man, and the wisdom of many. His definition of a proverb. | 4 | | |
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