A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIWhere knowledge ends, religion begins.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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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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Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem; and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art.
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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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The 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.
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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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Fear makes us feel our humanity.
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A precedent embalms a principle.
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You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.
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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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Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth.
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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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Little things affect little minds.
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There can be economy only where there is efficiency.
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To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.
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Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.
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