The secret of success is constancy to purpose.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIThere is no gambling like politics.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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As for our majority… one is enough.
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To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.
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Without publicity there can be no public support, and without public support every nation must decay.
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Without tact you can learn nothing.
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Things must be done by parties, not by persons using parties as tools.
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Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.
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Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.
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There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
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Where knowledge ends, religion begins.
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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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Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.
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There is no gambling like politics.
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A majority is always better than the best repartee.
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War is never a solution; it is an aggravation.
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No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition.
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No man is regular in his attendance at the House of Commons until he is married.
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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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Grief is the agony of an instant; the indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.
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Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent.
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Damn your principles! Stick to your party.
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I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.
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London is a roost for every bird.
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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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Two nations between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy; who are as ignorant of each other’s habits, thoughts, and feelings, as if they were dwellers in different zones, or inhabitants of different planets. The rich and the poor.
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Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.
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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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