Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.
BENJAMIN DISRAELINurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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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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Never take anything for granted.
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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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Without publicity there can be no public support, and without public support every nation must decay.
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William Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect.
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Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.
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The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians.
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Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.
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Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation.
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Damn your principles! Stick to your party.
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Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.
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You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.
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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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Almost everything that is great has been done by youth.
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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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