What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.
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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Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.
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It destroys one’s nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being.
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Justice is truth in action.
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Damn your principles! Stick to your party.
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A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.
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As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.
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I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.
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London is a roost for every bird.
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A precedent embalms a principle.
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Assassination has never changed the history of the world.
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Fear makes us feel our humanity.
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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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A man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely in the House of Lords.
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The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians.
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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
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