It is much easier to be critical than to be correct.
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More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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It destroys one’s nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being.
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Without tact you can learn nothing.
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Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm.
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Man is only great when he acts from passion.
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I have brought myself, by long meditation, to the conviction that a human being with a settled purpose must accomplish it, and that nothing can resist a will which will stake even existence upon its fulfillment.
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The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.
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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
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No man is regular in his attendance at the House of Commons until he is married.
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Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.
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Nobody is forgotten when it is convenient to remember him.
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There is no education like adversity.
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Travel teaches toleration.
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A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest;
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Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.
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Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.
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War is never a solution; it is an aggravation.
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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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The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.
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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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What is earnest is not always true; on the contrary, error is often more earnest than truth.
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Things must be done by parties, not by persons using parties as tools.
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Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.
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Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter.
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Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.
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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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Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth.
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