Nine-tenths of the existing books are nonsense and the clever books are the refutation of that nonsense.
BENJAMIN DISRAELITime is precious, but truth is more precious than time.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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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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Man is only great when he acts from passion.
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Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel.
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The secret of success is constancy to purpose.
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We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets.
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It is much easier to be critical than to be correct.
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I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.
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The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity.
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A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.
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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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You will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities to be found in public life.
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Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter.
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Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.
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A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.
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