Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIExperience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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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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How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.
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No man is regular in his attendance at the House of Commons until he is married.
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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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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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The palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy.
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Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent.
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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 secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes.
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Fear makes us feel our humanity.
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Frank and explicit – that is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and confuse the minds of others.
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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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Youth is a blunder; Manhood a struggle, Old Age a regret.
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Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.
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