He has left them in the full enjoyment of their liberal positions, and he is himself a strict conservative of their garments.
BENJAMIN DISRAELITime is precious, but truth is more precious than time.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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Without tact you can learn nothing.
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Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm.
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Two nations between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy; who are as ignorant of each other’s habits, thoughts, and feelings, as if they were dwellers in different zones, or inhabitants of different planets. The rich and the poor.
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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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Man is made to adore and to obey: but if you will not command him, if you give him nothing to worship, he will fashion his own divinities, and find a chieftain in his own passions.
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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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Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.
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Never take anything for granted.
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There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations.
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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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Nine-tenths of the existing books are nonsense and the clever books are the refutation of that nonsense.
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Things must be done by parties, not by persons using parties as tools.
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Never complain and never explain.
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Fear makes us feel our humanity.
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