What is earnest is not always true; on the contrary, error is often more earnest than truth.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIDesperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.
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The more extensive a man’s knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do.
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We moralize among ruins.
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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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Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel.
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Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.
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A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest;
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Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.
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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
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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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You will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities to be found in public life.
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There is no education like adversity.
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The best security for civilization is the dwelling, and upon properly appointed and becoming dwellings depends, more than anything else, the improvement of mankind.
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Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
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Success is the child of audacity.
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