Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIEveryone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel.
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Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.
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You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.
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Finality is not the language of politics.
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Change is inevitable. Change is constant.
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Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.
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Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.
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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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A man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely in the House of Lords.
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No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition.
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The first magic of love is our ignorance that it can ever end.
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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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Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel.
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There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations.
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Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.
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Without tact you can learn nothing.
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