The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.
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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Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation.
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No man is regular in his attendance at the House of Commons until he is married.
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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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It destroys one’s nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being.
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We moralize among ruins.
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Fear makes us feel our humanity.
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The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.
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The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians.
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Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.
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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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Mediocrity can talk, but it is for genius to observe.
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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
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Justice is truth in action.
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Nature, like man, sometimes weeps from gladness.
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The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity.
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Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm.
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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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The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes.
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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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Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem; and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art.
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A precedent embalms a principle.
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There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations.
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There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
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London is a roost for every bird.
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What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.
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As for our majority… one is enough.
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