Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIDiligence is the mother of good fortune.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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A majority is always better than the best repartee.
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There is no gambling like politics.
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Without tact you can learn nothing.
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Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.
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Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel.
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You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.
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The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.
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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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Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.
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No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition.
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Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter.
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Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation.
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The fool wonders, the wise man asks.
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The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.
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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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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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A man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely in the House of Lords.
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My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.
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There are two distinct styles requisite: I intend, in the course of my career, if I have time, to give a specimen of both.
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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 wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.
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Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.
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Man is made to adore and to obey: but if you will not command him, if you give him nothing to worship, he will fashion his own divinities, and find a chieftain in his own passions.
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Little things affect little minds.
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A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.
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Fear makes us feel our humanity.
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