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.
BENJAMIN DISRAELITalk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.
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Things must be done by parties, not by persons using parties as tools.
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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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The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.
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Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.
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Never complain and never explain.
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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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Travel teaches toleration.
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Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.
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No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition.
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Success is the child of audacity.
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The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.
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Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.
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Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
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The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.
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