What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.
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More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians.
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Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.
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Power has only one duty – to secure the social welfare of the People.
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We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets.
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There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
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Mediocrity can talk, but it is for genius to observe.
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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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The right honourable gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes.
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One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.
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Never take anything for granted.
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It is much easier to be critical than to be correct.
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The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes.
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I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.
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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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Youth is a blunder; Manhood a struggle, Old Age a regret.
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