He has left them in the full enjoyment of their liberal positions, and he is himself a strict conservative of their garments.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIWe moralize among ruins.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.
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Without tact you can learn nothing.
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Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.
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We moralize among ruins.
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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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Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.
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Mediocrity can talk, but it is for genius to observe.
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The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.
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Frank and explicit – that is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and confuse the minds of others.
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Power has only one duty – to secure the social welfare of the People.
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Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.
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The secret of success is constancy to purpose.
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Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.
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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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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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