Finality is not the language of politics.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIThere is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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A Conservative Government is an organized hypocrisy.
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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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No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition.
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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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Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.
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Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm.
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Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.
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There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations.
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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 wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.
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My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.
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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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What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.
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A precedent embalms a principle.
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