The 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.
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More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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The best security for civilization is the dwelling, and upon properly appointed and becoming dwellings depends, more than anything else, the improvement of mankind.
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War is never a solution; it is an aggravation.
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Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.
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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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Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.
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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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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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It is much easier to be critical than to be correct.
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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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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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In a progressive country change is constant; change is inevitable.
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Where knowledge ends, religion begins.
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We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets.
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Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness and with fervor.
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