There is moderation even in excess.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIWhat we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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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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Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel.
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Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.
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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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The view of Jerusalem is the history of the world; it is more, it is the history of earth and of heaven.
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There can be economy only where there is efficiency.
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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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The right honourable gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes.
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Little things affect little minds.
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Travel teaches toleration.
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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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Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.
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It is much easier to be critical than to be correct.
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To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.
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