To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.
BENJAMIN DISRAELII 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.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.
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Finality is not the language of politics.
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My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.
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The best security for civilization is the dwelling, and upon properly appointed and becoming dwellings depends, more than anything else, the improvement of mankind.
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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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Nine-tenths of the existing books are nonsense and the clever books are the refutation of that nonsense.
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Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.
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Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.
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It is much easier to be critical than to be correct.
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Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.
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We moralize among ruins.
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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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We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets.
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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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Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.
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