Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIMy idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end.
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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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Youth is a blunder; Manhood a struggle, Old Age a regret.
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A majority is always better than the best repartee.
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Almost everything that is great has been done by youth.
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Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.
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A precedent embalms a principle.
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Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth.
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The view of Jerusalem is the history of the world; it is more, it is the history of earth and of heaven.
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There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
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What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.
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Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.
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Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.
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Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.
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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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