Nine-tenths of the existing books are nonsense and the clever books are the refutation of that nonsense.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIA University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm.
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In politics nothing is contemptible.
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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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Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.
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Youth is a blunder; Manhood a struggle, Old Age a regret.
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Mediocrity can talk, but it is for genius to observe.
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The view of Jerusalem is the history of the world; it is more, it is the history of earth and of heaven.
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The first magic of love is our ignorance that it can ever end.
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Grief is the agony of an instant; the indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.
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The more extensive a man’s knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do.
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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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A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.
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We moralize among ruins.
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We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets.
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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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