Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIThe right honourable gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
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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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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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Never take anything for granted.
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Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.
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Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.
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Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.
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Where knowledge ends, religion begins.
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The first magic of love is our ignorance that it can ever end.
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Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
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The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes.
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A majority is always better than the best repartee.
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You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.
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Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation.
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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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