It destroys one’s nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIWhen a man fell into his anecdotage it was a sign for him to retire from the world.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
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Finality is not the language of politics.
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Travel teaches toleration.
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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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Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.
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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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The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity.
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Power has only one duty – to secure the social welfare of the People.
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Youth is a blunder; Manhood a struggle, Old Age a regret.
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Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.
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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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The right honourable gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes.
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William Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect.
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There is no gambling like politics.
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We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets.
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