The palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIAlmost everything that is great has been done by youth.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.
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The right honourable gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes.
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Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.
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It destroys one’s nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being.
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The governments of the present day have to deal not merely with other governments, with emperors, kings and ministers, but also with the secret societies which have everywhere their unscrupulous agents, and can at the last moment upset all the governments’ plans.
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London is a roost for every bird.
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Where knowledge ends, religion begins.
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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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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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He 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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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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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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There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
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Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.
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