Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIThe first magic of love is our ignorance that it can ever end.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes.
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London is a roost for every bird.
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A Conservative Government is an organized hypocrisy.
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Power has only one duty – to secure the social welfare of the People.
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No man is regular in his attendance at the House of Commons until he is married.
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Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.
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Youth is a blunder; Manhood a struggle, Old Age a regret.
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I repeat… that all power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the people and for the people all springs, and all must exist.
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What is earnest is not always true; on the contrary, error is often more earnest than truth.
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Damn your principles! Stick to your party.
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Nine-tenths of the existing books are nonsense and the clever books are the refutation of that nonsense.
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It destroys one’s nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being.
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There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
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Man is only great when he acts from passion.
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To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.
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Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.
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The first magic of love is our ignorance that it can ever end.
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Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness and with fervor.
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Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
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Never take anything for granted.
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The view of Jerusalem is the history of the world; it is more, it is the history of earth and of heaven.
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Travel teaches toleration.
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There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations.
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A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.
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Frank and explicit – that is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and confuse the minds of others.
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We moralize among ruins.
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