Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIYou will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities to be found in public life.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.
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The palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy.
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Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent.
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Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.
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The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.
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There are two distinct styles requisite: I intend, in the course of my career, if I have time, to give a specimen of both.
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The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.
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You will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities to be found in public life.
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Never take anything for granted.
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The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend.
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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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Power has only one duty – to secure the social welfare of the People.
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Things must be done by parties, not by persons using parties as tools.
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Grief is the agony of an instant; the indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.
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The right honourable gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes.
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