London is a roost for every bird.
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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Things must be done by parties, not by persons using parties as tools.
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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 Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity.
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The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes.
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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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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 man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely in the House of Lords.
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Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.
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Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.
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The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.
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Nature, like man, sometimes weeps from gladness.
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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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The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes.
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A precedent embalms a principle.
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Man is only great when he acts from passion.
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