Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth.
BENJAMIN DISRAELII 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.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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Finality is not the language of politics.
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Two nations between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy; who are as ignorant of each other’s habits, thoughts, and feelings, as if they were dwellers in different zones, or inhabitants of different planets. The rich and the poor.
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Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation.
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The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes.
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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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Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem; and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art.
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A majority is always better than the best repartee.
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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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Mediocrity can talk, but it is for genius to observe.
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Nobody is forgotten when it is convenient to remember him.
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I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.
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A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.
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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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Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.
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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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