We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIExperience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.
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As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.
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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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I repeat… that all power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the people and for the people all springs, and all must exist.
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What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.
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Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.
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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 precedent embalms a principle.
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You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.
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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 health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend.
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William Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect.
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Man is made to adore and to obey: but if you will not command him, if you give him nothing to worship, he will fashion his own divinities, and find a chieftain in his own passions.
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My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.
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The fool wonders, the wise man asks.
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