The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes.
BENJAMIN DISRAELISilence is the mother of truth.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.
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Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem; and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art.
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Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.
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There can be economy only where there is efficiency.
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Mediocrity can talk, but it is for genius to observe.
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To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.
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The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.
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Two nations between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy; who are as ignorant of each other’s habits, thoughts, and feelings, as if they were dwellers in different zones, or inhabitants of different planets. The rich and the poor.
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The first magic of love is our ignorance that it can ever end.
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Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation.
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The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity.
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The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.
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London is a roost for every bird.
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I have brought myself, by long meditation, to the conviction that a human being with a settled purpose must accomplish it, and that nothing can resist a will which will stake even existence upon its fulfillment.
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My objection to Liberalism is this that it is the introduction into the practical business of life of the highest kind namely, politics of philosophical ideas instead of political principles.
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