The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIBe amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians.
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It is much easier to be critical than to be correct.
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Finality is not the language of politics.
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Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth.
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Things must be done by parties, not by persons using parties as tools.
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There is moderation even in excess.
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No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition.
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Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.
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You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.
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Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.
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Travel teaches toleration.
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There can be economy only where there is efficiency.
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Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent.
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No man is regular in his attendance at the House of Commons until he is married.
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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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