A man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely in the House of Lords.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIThe secret of success is constancy to purpose.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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Silence is the mother of truth.
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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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William Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect.
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Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.
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Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.
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Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.
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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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Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.
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We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end.
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As for our majority… one is enough.
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Nobody is forgotten when it is convenient to remember him.
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How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.
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The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.
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My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.
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Little things affect little minds.
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