The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIEvery man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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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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Mediocrity can talk, but it is for genius to observe.
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Power has only one duty – to secure the social welfare of the People.
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Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth.
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There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
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A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest;
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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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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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The more extensive a man’s knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do.
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The view of Jerusalem is the history of the world; it is more, it is the history of earth and of heaven.
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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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A Conservative Government is an organized hypocrisy.
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Never complain and never explain.
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Frank and explicit – that is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and confuse the minds of others.
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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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