Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel.
BENJAMIN DISRAELITo be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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Power has only one duty – to secure the social welfare of the People.
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Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.
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Little things affect little minds.
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There is no gambling like politics.
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Things must be done by parties, not by persons using parties as tools.
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Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation.
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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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A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.
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Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.
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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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The difference between a misfortune and a calamity is this: If Gladstone fell into the Thames, it would be a misfortune. But if someone dragged him out again, that would be a calamity.
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Damn your principles! Stick to your party.
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Without publicity there can be no public support, and without public support every nation must decay.
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What is earnest is not always true; on the contrary, error is often more earnest than truth.
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Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.
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