No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition.
BENJAMIN DISRAELITime is precious, but truth is more precious than time.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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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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Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent.
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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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Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.
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A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.
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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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Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness and with fervor.
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Justice is truth in action.
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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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In politics nothing is contemptible.
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A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.
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It destroys one’s nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being.
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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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Nobody is forgotten when it is convenient to remember him.
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There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
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