You will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities to be found in public life.
BENJAMIN DISRAELITalk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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Nine-tenths of the existing books are nonsense and the clever books are the refutation of that nonsense.
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Travel teaches toleration.
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The fool wonders, the wise man asks.
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In a progressive country change is constant; change is inevitable.
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No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition.
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Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm.
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It is much easier to be critical than to be correct.
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Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation.
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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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Things must be done by parties, not by persons using parties as tools.
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Never complain and never explain.
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We moralize among ruins.
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There is moderation even in excess.
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A precedent embalms a principle.
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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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Grief is the agony of an instant; the indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.
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There is no education like adversity.
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Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.
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The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes.
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Power has only one duty – to secure the social welfare of the People.
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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
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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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Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends.
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I have brought myself, by long meditation, to the conviction that a human being with a settled purpose must accomplish it, and that nothing can resist a will which will stake even existence upon its fulfillment.
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Man is only great when he acts from passion.
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Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.
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