The secret of success is constancy to purpose.
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.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.
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Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.
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London is a roost for every bird.
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We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets.
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Nine-tenths of the existing books are nonsense and the clever books are the refutation of that nonsense.
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How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.
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What is earnest is not always true; on the contrary, error is often more earnest than truth.
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Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends.
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Man is only great when he acts from passion.
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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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In politics nothing is contemptible.
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Youth is a blunder; Manhood a struggle, Old Age a regret.
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Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.
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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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