Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIHe has left them in the full enjoyment of their liberal positions, and he is himself a strict conservative of their garments.
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In politics nothing is contemptible.
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We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets.
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Justice is truth in action.
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When a man fell into his anecdotage it was a sign for him to retire from the world.
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The fool wonders, the wise man asks.
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The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend.
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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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A Conservative Government is an organized hypocrisy.
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A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.
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There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour.
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Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.
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The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes.
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Fear makes us feel our humanity.
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Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.
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Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.
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