Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIWar is never a solution; it is an aggravation.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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Moderation is the center wherein all philosophies, both human and divine, meet.
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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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Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.
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Justice is truth in action.
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London is a roost for every bird.
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Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.
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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 difference between a misfortune and a calamity is this: If Gladstone fell into the Thames, it would be a misfortune. But if someone dragged him out again, that would be a calamity.
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Success is the child of audacity.
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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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Power has only one duty – to secure the social welfare of the People.
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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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In a progressive country change is constant; change is inevitable.
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The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.
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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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There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations.
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Where knowledge ends, religion begins.
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Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.
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The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity.
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It destroys one’s nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being.
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In politics nothing is contemptible.
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As for our majority… one is enough.
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Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.
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A man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely in the House of Lords.
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The secret of success is constancy to purpose.
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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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