The fool wonders, the wise man asks.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIMan is only great when he acts from passion.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel.
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Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.
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Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
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It destroys one’s nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being.
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The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity.
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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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My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.
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Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.
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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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No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition.
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Where knowledge ends, religion begins.
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Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter.
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There are two distinct styles requisite: I intend, in the course of my career, if I have time, to give a specimen of both.
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The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.
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Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.
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A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.
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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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There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
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One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.
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Without tact you can learn nothing.
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Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.
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There can be economy only where there is efficiency.
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Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.
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We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets.
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There is no education like adversity.
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Power has only one duty – to secure the social welfare of the People.
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