Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIThe palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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Fear makes us feel our humanity.
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Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.
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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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Youth is a blunder; Manhood a struggle, Old Age a regret.
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There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
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Never complain and never explain.
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Frank and explicit – that is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and confuse the minds of others.
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Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.
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Things must be done by parties, not by persons using parties as tools.
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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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Moderation is the center wherein all philosophies, both human and divine, meet.
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The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.
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How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.
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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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Grief is the agony of an instant; the indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.
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