Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIDesperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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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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What is earnest is not always true; on the contrary, error is often more earnest than truth.
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What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.
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Without tact you can learn nothing.
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Little things affect little minds.
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Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth.
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Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent.
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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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Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.
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Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation.
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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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Two nations between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy; who are as ignorant of each other’s habits, thoughts, and feelings, as if they were dwellers in different zones, or inhabitants of different planets. The rich and the poor.
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There is no education like adversity.
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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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