The right honourable gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIThe palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end.
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No man is regular in his attendance at the House of Commons until he is married.
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There is moderation even in excess.
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The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend.
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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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There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
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In politics nothing is contemptible.
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Finality is not the language of politics.
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Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.
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It destroys one’s nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being.
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Travel teaches toleration.
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Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds.
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Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.
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London is a roost for every bird.
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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
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The palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy.
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Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel.
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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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Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen.
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Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem; and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art.
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Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.
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Success is the child of audacity.
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Never take anything for granted.
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Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.
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There is no gambling like politics.
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Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent.
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