To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.
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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What is earnest is not always true; on the contrary, error is often more earnest than truth.
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The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend.
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Finality is not the language of politics.
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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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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.
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Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.
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Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.
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Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent.
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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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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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Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.
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Travel teaches toleration.
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Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
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Without publicity there can be no public support, and without public support every nation must decay.
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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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