The right honourable gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes.
BENJAMIN DISRAELITalk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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Travel teaches toleration.
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Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
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Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.
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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
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Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.
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The difference between a misfortune and a calamity is this: If Gladstone fell into the Thames, it would be a misfortune. But if someone dragged him out again, that would be a calamity.
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A majority is always better than the best repartee.
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Finality is not the language of politics.
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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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Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.
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One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.
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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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The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity.
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Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent.
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Man is made to adore and to obey: but if you will not command him, if you give him nothing to worship, he will fashion his own divinities, and find a chieftain in his own passions.
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A precedent embalms a principle.
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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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As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.
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I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.
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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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The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.
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Damn your principles! Stick to your party.
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Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness and with fervor.
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What is earnest is not always true; on the contrary, error is often more earnest than truth.
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William Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect.
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You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.
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