I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIBeware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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Assassination has never changed the history of the world.
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In politics nothing is contemptible.
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You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.
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The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity.
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Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.
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The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians.
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Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.
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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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Almost everything that is great has been done by youth.
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A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest;
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What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.
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There is no gambling like politics.
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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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Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.
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