The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIYou can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.
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Success is the child of audacity.
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Finality is not the language of politics.
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Power has only one duty – to secure the social welfare of the People.
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William Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect.
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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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We moralize among ruins.
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London is a roost for every bird.
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Grief is the agony of an instant; the indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.
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There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
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Without publicity there can be no public support, and without public support every nation must decay.
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A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.
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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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Man is only great when he acts from passion.
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A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest;
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Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth.
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Where knowledge ends, religion begins.
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The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.
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There is no gambling like politics.
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How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.
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Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.
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Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.
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There are two distinct styles requisite: I intend, in the course of my career, if I have time, to give a specimen of both.
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Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen.
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What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.
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Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent.
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