Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.
BENJAMIN DISRAELITwo 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.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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London is a roost for every bird.
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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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Almost everything that is great has been done by youth.
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My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.
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A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.
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Change is inevitable. Change is constant.
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I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.
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There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour.
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The view of Jerusalem is the history of the world; it is more, it is the history of earth and of heaven.
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Things must be done by parties, not by persons using parties as tools.
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We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets.
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I repeat… that all power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the people and for the people all springs, and all must exist.
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The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.
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Success is the child of audacity.
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You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.
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