A man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely in the House of Lords.
BENJAMIN DISRAELINurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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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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Never take anything for granted.
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Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth.
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In a progressive country change is constant; change is inevitable.
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Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.
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The best security for civilization is the dwelling, and upon properly appointed and becoming dwellings depends, more than anything else, the improvement of mankind.
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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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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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Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.
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There is moderation even in excess.
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The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians.
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Moderation is the center wherein all philosophies, both human and divine, meet.
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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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Man is made to adore and to obey: but if you will not command him, if you give him nothing to worship, he will fashion his own divinities, and find a chieftain in his own passions.
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The right honourable gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes.
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