Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.
BENJAMIN DISRAELII am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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Where knowledge ends, religion begins.
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Without publicity there can be no public support, and without public support every nation must decay.
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We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets.
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Little things affect little minds.
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It destroys one’s nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being.
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How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.
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Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.
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You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.
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Silence is the mother of truth.
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No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition.
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A man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely in the House of Lords.
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Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.
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Mediocrity can talk, but it is for genius to observe.
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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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The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity.
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Moderation is the center wherein all philosophies, both human and divine, meet.
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Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.
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Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness and with fervor.
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The secret of success is constancy to purpose.
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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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Man is only great when he acts from passion.
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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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Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.
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I repeat… that all power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the people and for the people all springs, and all must exist.
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Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.
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Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation.
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