A precedent embalms a principle.
BENJAMIN DISRAELICircumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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The more extensive a man’s knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do.
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Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.
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The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes.
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We moralize among ruins.
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The right honourable gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes.
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Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.
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Change is inevitable. Change is constant.
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Justice is truth in 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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Mediocrity can talk, but it is for genius to observe.
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I repeat… that all power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the people and for the people all springs, and all must exist.
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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
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My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.
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You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.
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Where knowledge ends, religion begins.
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