Grief is the agony of an instant; the indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIIt destroys one’s nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.
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Fear makes us feel our humanity.
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My objection to Liberalism is this that it is the introduction into the practical business of life of the highest kind namely, politics of philosophical ideas instead of political principles.
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As for our majority… one is enough.
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To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.
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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
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There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
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There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour.
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The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians.
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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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The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend.
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A precedent embalms a principle.
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Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.
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There is moderation even in excess.
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The governments of the present day have to deal not merely with other governments, with emperors, kings and ministers, but also with the secret societies which have everywhere their unscrupulous agents, and can at the last moment upset all the governments’ plans.
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