Without publicity there can be no public support, and without public support every nation must decay.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIThe governments of the present day have to deal not merely with other governments, with emperors, kings and ministers, but also with the secret societies which have everywhere their unscrupulous agents, and can at the last moment upset all the governments’ plans.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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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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A Conservative Government is an organized hypocrisy.
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Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.
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A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.
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It destroys one’s nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being.
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Man is only great when he acts from passion.
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The first magic of love is our ignorance that it can ever end.
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Nature, like man, sometimes weeps from gladness.
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Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.
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There can be economy only where there is efficiency.
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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.
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In politics nothing is contemptible.
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Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.
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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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We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end.
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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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What is earnest is not always true; on the contrary, error is often more earnest than truth.
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Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.
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Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.
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Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds.
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Moderation is the center wherein all philosophies, both human and divine, meet.
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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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Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.
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Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.
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Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation.
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Fear makes us feel our humanity.
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