When a man fell into his anecdotage it was a sign for him to retire from the world.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIMediocrity can talk, but it is for genius to observe.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.
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The palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy.
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The secret of success is constancy to purpose.
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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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Things must be done by parties, not by persons using parties as tools.
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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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Where knowledge ends, religion begins.
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We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets.
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Justice is truth in action.
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Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation.
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Man 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.
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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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William Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect.
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A man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely in the House of Lords.
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He has left them in the full enjoyment of their liberal positions, and he is himself a strict conservative of their garments.
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