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 DISRAELITime is precious, but truth is more precious than time.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
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The best security for civilization is the dwelling, and upon properly appointed and becoming dwellings depends, more than anything else, the improvement of mankind.
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As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.
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Success is the child of audacity.
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A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.
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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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Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.
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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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There are two distinct styles requisite: I intend, in the course of my career, if I have time, to give a specimen of both.
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The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.
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Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.
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As for our majority… one is enough.
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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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No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition.
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There can be economy only where there is efficiency.
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