The right honourable gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIThere is no gambling like politics.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
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There are two distinct styles requisite: I intend, in the course of my career, if I have time, to give a specimen of both.
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In politics nothing is contemptible.
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A majority is always better than the best repartee.
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Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter.
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Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.
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Mediocrity can talk, but it is for genius to observe.
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Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent.
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My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.
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London is a roost for every bird.
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Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.
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A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest;
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Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.
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We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets.
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What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.
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