Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIEveryone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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Silence is the mother of truth.
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Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.
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Moderation is the center wherein all philosophies, both human and divine, meet.
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The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.
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A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.
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The best security for civilization is the dwelling, and upon properly appointed and becoming dwellings depends, more than anything else, the improvement of mankind.
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The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians.
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Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation.
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Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.
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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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Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent.
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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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In politics nothing is contemptible.
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There is no education like adversity.
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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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Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.
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What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.
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No man is regular in his attendance at the House of Commons until he is married.
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Youth is a blunder; Manhood a struggle, Old Age a regret.
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Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen.
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Never complain and never explain.
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William Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect.
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A majority is always better than the best repartee.
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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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Damn your principles! Stick to your party.
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Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends.
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