A man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely in the House of Lords.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIWhere knowledge ends, religion begins.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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It is much easier to be critical than to be correct.
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The view of Jerusalem is the history of the world; it is more, it is the history of earth and of heaven.
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There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations.
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We moralize among ruins.
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Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation.
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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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The right honourable gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes.
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Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm.
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Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.
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Without tact you can learn nothing.
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A precedent embalms a principle.
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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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We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end.
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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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What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.
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