Without tact you can learn nothing.
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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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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We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets.
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Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.
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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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A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.
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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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We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end.
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Change is inevitable. Change is constant.
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The right honourable gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes.
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A Conservative Government is an organized hypocrisy.
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Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
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Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.
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Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation.
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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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Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness and with fervor.
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