My objection to Liberalism is this that it is the introduction into the practical business of life of the highest kind namely, politics of philosophical ideas instead of political principles.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIGrief is the agony of an instant; the indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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Man is only great when he acts from passion.
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The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.
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In politics nothing is contemptible.
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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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There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations.
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The fool wonders, the wise man asks.
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The palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy.
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Travel teaches toleration.
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A Conservative Government is an organized hypocrisy.
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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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We moralize among ruins.
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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 University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.
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Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation.
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A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest;
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