Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.
BENJAMIN DISRAELINever complain and never explain.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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When a man fell into his anecdotage it was a sign for him to retire from the world.
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Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation.
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Where knowledge ends, religion begins.
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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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Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent.
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Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.
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Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.
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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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You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.
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The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.
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There can be economy only where there is efficiency.
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Finality is not the language of politics.
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My objection to Liberalism is this that it is the introduction into the practical business of life of the highest kind namely, politics of philosophical ideas instead of political principles.
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Nature, like man, sometimes weeps from gladness.
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Without publicity there can be no public support, and without public support every nation must decay.
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A majority is always better than the best repartee.
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Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.
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Little things affect little minds.
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Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem; and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art.
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Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.
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There is no education like adversity.
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To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.
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Travel teaches toleration.
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The more extensive a man’s knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do.
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A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.
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The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians.
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