A man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely in the House of Lords.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIAssassination has never changed the history of the world.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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He has left them in the full enjoyment of their liberal positions, and he is himself a strict conservative of their garments.
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Silence is the mother of truth.
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There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour.
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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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When a man fell into his anecdotage it was a sign for him to retire from the world.
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The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians.
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William Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect.
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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 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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You will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities to be found in public life.
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The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.
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Things must be done by parties, not by persons using parties as tools.
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I 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.
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The first magic of love is our ignorance that it can ever end.
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There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations.
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