Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIThere are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
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 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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Without publicity there can be no public support, and without public support every nation must decay.
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In a progressive country change is constant; change is inevitable.
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We moralize among ruins.
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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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It destroys one’s nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being.
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No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition.
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Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.
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War is never a solution; it is an aggravation.
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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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We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets.
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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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What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.
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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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