Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIWilliam Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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A precedent embalms a principle.
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Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent.
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The fool wonders, the wise man asks.
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Man is only great when he acts from passion.
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My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.
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Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.
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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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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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Nature, like man, sometimes weeps from gladness.
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You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.
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One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.
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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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The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes.
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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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I repeat… that all power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the people and for the people all springs, and all must exist.
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