He has left them in the full enjoyment of their liberal positions, and he is himself a strict conservative of their garments.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIThe world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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Things must be done by parties, not by persons using parties as tools.
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Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.
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Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.
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My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.
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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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A precedent embalms a principle.
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Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.
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Grief is the agony of an instant; the indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.
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Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm.
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Power has only one duty – to secure the social welfare of the People.
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Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem; and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art.
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In politics nothing is contemptible.
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A Conservative Government is an organized hypocrisy.
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Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.
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The fool wonders, the wise man asks.
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