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.
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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Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
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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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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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The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.
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Justice is truth in action.
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Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen.
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Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.
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Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.
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Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.
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There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations.
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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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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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The first magic of love is our ignorance that it can ever end.
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Things must be done by parties, not by persons using parties as tools.
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There is no education like adversity.
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