The view of Jerusalem is the history of the world; it is more, it is the history of earth and of heaven.
BENJAMIN DISRAELICircumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.
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Mediocrity can talk, but it is for genius to observe.
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Things must be done by parties, not by persons using parties as tools.
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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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The governments of the present day have to deal not merely with other governments, with emperors, kings and ministers, but also with the secret societies which have everywhere their unscrupulous agents, and can at the last moment upset all the governments’ plans.
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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 apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.
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Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.
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There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
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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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We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end.
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Without publicity there can be no public support, and without public support every nation must decay.
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Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.
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A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest;
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No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition.
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