Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIWhat is earnest is not always true; on the contrary, error is often more earnest than truth.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.
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Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.
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Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.
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Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation.
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Nine-tenths of the existing books are nonsense and the clever books are the refutation of that nonsense.
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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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Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.
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The palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy.
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Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.
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Mediocrity can talk, but it is for genius to observe.
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We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets.
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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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Travel teaches toleration.
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The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity.
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No man is regular in his attendance at the House of Commons until he is married.
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