Success is the child of audacity.
BENJAMIN DISRAELISuccess is the child of audacity.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIThe world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIMan 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.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIA great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest;
BENJAMIN DISRAELIWhat is earnest is not always true; on the contrary, error is often more earnest than truth.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIMan is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIThe 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.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIIt is much easier to be critical than to be correct.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIDesperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.
BENJAMIN DISRAELILittle things affect little minds.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIAs a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIThe world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIA consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.
BENJAMIN DISRAELITravel teaches toleration.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIWe are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIThe first magic of love is our ignorance that it can ever end.
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