The more extensive a man’s knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIEvery man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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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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War is never a solution; it is an aggravation.
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You will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities to be found in public life.
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Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen.
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We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets.
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Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends.
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I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.
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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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A precedent embalms a principle.
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Things must be done by parties, not by persons using parties as tools.
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Damn your principles! Stick to your party.
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Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent.
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Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.
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Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.
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Two nations between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy; who are as ignorant of each other’s habits, thoughts, and feelings, as if they were dwellers in different zones, or inhabitants of different planets. The rich and the poor.
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