Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.
BENJAMIN DISRAELITalk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.
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Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.
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I have brought myself, by long meditation, to the conviction that a human being with a settled purpose must accomplish it, and that nothing can resist a will which will stake even existence upon its fulfillment.
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Moderation is the center wherein all philosophies, both human and divine, meet.
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We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets.
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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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The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity.
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Things must be done by parties, not by persons using parties as tools.
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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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The fool wonders, the wise man asks.
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Two nations between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy; who are as ignorant of each other’s habits, thoughts, and feelings, as if they were dwellers in different zones, or inhabitants of different planets. The rich and the poor.
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Change is inevitable. Change is constant.
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How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.
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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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Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.
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