What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIBe amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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Little things affect little minds.
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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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No man is regular in his attendance at the House of Commons until he is married.
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The more extensive a man’s knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do.
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Change is inevitable. Change is constant.
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No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition.
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We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end.
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Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.
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Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.
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War is never a solution; it is an aggravation.
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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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The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes.
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Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds.
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Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation.
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