The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.
BENJAMIN DISRAELISomething unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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There is moderation even in excess.
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I have brought myself, by long meditation, to the conviction that a human being with a settled purpose must accomplish it, and that nothing can resist a will which will stake even existence upon its fulfillment.
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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 palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy.
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Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.
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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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A man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely in the House of Lords.
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Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.
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Fear makes us feel our humanity.
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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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Nine-tenths of the existing books are nonsense and the clever books are the refutation of that nonsense.
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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 pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.
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One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.
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Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.
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