The difference between a misfortune and a calamity is this: If Gladstone fell into the Thames, it would be a misfortune. But if someone dragged him out again, that would be a calamity.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIEveryone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.
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Change is inevitable. Change is constant.
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In politics nothing is contemptible.
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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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Youth is a blunder; Manhood a struggle, Old Age a regret.
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I 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.
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Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter.
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Silence is the mother of truth.
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The first magic of love is our ignorance that it can ever end.
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When a man fell into his anecdotage it was a sign for him to retire from the world.
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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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Justice is truth in action.
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Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.
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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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