Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIThere is moderation even in excess.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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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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We moralize among ruins.
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What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.
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In politics nothing is contemptible.
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Man is only great when he acts from passion.
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One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.
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A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest;
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Without tact you can learn nothing.
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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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There is no education like adversity.
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Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.
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My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.
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To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.
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Never take anything for granted.
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Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
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