The fool wonders, the wise man asks.
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 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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Nine-tenths of the existing books are nonsense and the clever books are the refutation of that nonsense.
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Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.
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My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.
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As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.
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Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm.
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Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends.
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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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The right honourable gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes.
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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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A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.
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Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation.
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Man is made to adore and to obey: but if you will not command him, if you give him nothing to worship, he will fashion his own divinities, and find a chieftain in his own passions.
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Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
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No man is regular in his attendance at the House of Commons until he is married.
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