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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Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
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Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.
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The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes.
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Fear makes us feel our humanity.
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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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Without publicity there can be no public support, and without public support every nation must decay.
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Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth.
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There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations.
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There is moderation even in excess.
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The right honourable gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes.
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Silence is the mother of truth.
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Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.
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The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend.
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You will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities to be found in public life.
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Mediocrity can talk, but it is for genius to observe.
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