Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.
BENJAMIN DISRAELICircumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.
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You will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities to be found in public life.
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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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There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour.
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A precedent embalms a principle.
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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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The secret of success is constancy to purpose.
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The best security for civilization is the dwelling, and upon properly appointed and becoming dwellings depends, more than anything else, the improvement of mankind.
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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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There are two distinct styles requisite: I intend, in the course of my career, if I have time, to give a specimen of both.
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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
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Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
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As for our majority… one is enough.
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The first magic of love is our ignorance that it can ever end.
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The palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy.
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