You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIThe 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.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
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Power has only one duty – to secure the social welfare of the People.
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The view of Jerusalem is the history of the world; it is more, it is the history of earth and of heaven.
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The governments of the present day have to deal not merely with other governments, with emperors, kings and ministers, but also with the secret societies which have everywhere their unscrupulous agents, and can at the last moment upset all the governments’ plans.
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War is never a solution; it is an aggravation.
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Almost everything that is great has been done by youth.
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My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.
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Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.
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Grief is the agony of an instant; the indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.
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In politics nothing is contemptible.
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A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.
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The right honourable gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes.
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The first magic of love is our ignorance that it can ever end.
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Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends.
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Silence is the mother of truth.
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