The more extensive a man’s knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do.
BENJAMIN DISRAELITalk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.
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We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end.
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In politics nothing is contemptible.
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My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.
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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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In a progressive country change is constant; change is inevitable.
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The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.
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No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition.
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Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.
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There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
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Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel.
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No man is regular in his attendance at the House of Commons until he is married.
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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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Assassination has never changed the history of the world.
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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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