Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent.
BENJAMIN DISRAELINationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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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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What is earnest is not always true; on the contrary, error is often more earnest than truth.
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In politics nothing is contemptible.
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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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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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A precedent embalms a principle.
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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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How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.
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We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets.
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There is no gambling like 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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A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.
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Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.
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Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness and with fervor.
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The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.
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