Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIThere are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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When a man fell into his anecdotage it was a sign for him to retire from the world.
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Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel.
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Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
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Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.
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Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.
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The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend.
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There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
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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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Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.
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Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem; and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art.
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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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Change is inevitable. Change is constant.
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Youth is a blunder; Manhood a struggle, Old Age a regret.
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There can be economy only where there is efficiency.
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Success is the child of audacity.
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