Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.
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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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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I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.
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The first magic of love is our ignorance that it can ever end.
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Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.
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You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.
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There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour.
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Almost everything that is great has been done by youth.
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There is no gambling like politics.
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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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In a progressive country change is constant; change is inevitable.
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The difference between a misfortune and a calamity is this: If Gladstone fell into the Thames, it would be a misfortune. But if someone dragged him out again, that would be a calamity.
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Never complain and never explain.
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No man is regular in his attendance at the House of Commons until he is married.
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Without tact you can learn nothing.
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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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