He has left them in the full enjoyment of their liberal positions, and he is himself a strict conservative of their garments.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIYou will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities to be found in public life.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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My objection to Liberalism is this that it is the introduction into the practical business of life of the highest kind namely, politics of philosophical ideas instead of political principles.
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Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.
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The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.
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The more extensive a man’s knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do.
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Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
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You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.
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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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One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.
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A man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely in the House of Lords.
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The right honourable gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes.
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Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.
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Without publicity there can be no public support, and without public support every nation must decay.
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Never take anything for granted.
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We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets.
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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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