The right honourable gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIMediocrity can talk, but it is for genius to observe.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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Never take anything for granted.
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The secret of success is constancy to purpose.
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Damn your principles! Stick to your party.
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How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.
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We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets.
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To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.
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The governments of the present day have to deal not merely with other governments, with emperors, kings and ministers, but also with the secret societies which have everywhere their unscrupulous agents, and can at the last moment upset all the governments’ plans.
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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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Change is inevitable. Change is constant.
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What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.
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Moderation is the center wherein all philosophies, both human and divine, meet.
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Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm.
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A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.
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Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds.
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Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.
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