What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIWhat we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIWhen a man fell into his anecdotage it was a sign for him to retire from the world.
BENJAMIN DISRAELISomething unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth.
BENJAMIN DISRAELINever complain and never explain.
BENJAMIN DISRAELII 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.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIFaith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem; and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIJustice is truth in action.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIMan 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.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIWe moralize among ruins.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIA consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIA majority is always better than the best repartee.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIDamn your principles! Stick to your party.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIAssassination has never changed the history of the world.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIThe more extensive a man’s knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIWithout publicity there can be no public support, and without public support every nation must decay.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIThe pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.
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