Two nations between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy; who are as ignorant of each other’s habits, thoughts, and feelings, as if they were dwellers in different zones, or inhabitants of different planets. The rich and the poor.
BENJAMIN DISRAELINext to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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The right honourable gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes.
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Assassination has never changed the history of the world.
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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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Nine-tenths of the existing books are nonsense and the clever books are the refutation of that nonsense.
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Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.
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The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.
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It destroys one’s nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being.
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No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition.
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Finality is not the language of politics.
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A man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely in the House of Lords.
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Youth is a blunder; Manhood a struggle, Old Age a regret.
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Travel teaches toleration.
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Justice is truth in action.
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We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end.
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Almost everything that is great has been done by youth.
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