There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIThere are two distinct styles requisite: I intend, in the course of my career, if I have time, to give a specimen of both.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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What is earnest is not always true; on the contrary, error is often more earnest than truth.
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As for our majority… one is enough.
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Mediocrity can talk, but it is for genius to observe.
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Things must be done by parties, not by persons using parties as tools.
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Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent.
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When a man fell into his anecdotage it was a sign for him to retire from the world.
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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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Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.
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No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition.
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Two nations between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy; who are as ignorant of each other’s habits, thoughts, and feelings, as if they were dwellers in different zones, or inhabitants of different planets. The rich and the poor.
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Grief is the agony of an instant; the indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.
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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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Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.
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I repeat… that all power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the people and for the people all springs, and all must exist.
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Fear makes us feel our humanity.
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