He has left them in the full enjoyment of their liberal positions, and he is himself a strict conservative of their garments.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIHow much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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As for our majority… one is enough.
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Nobody is forgotten when it is convenient to remember him.
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There is moderation even in excess.
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Man is made to adore and to obey: but if you will not command him, if you give him nothing to worship, he will fashion his own divinities, and find a chieftain in his own passions.
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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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Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.
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Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm.
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Assassination has never changed the history of the world.
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Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth.
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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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A man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely in the House of Lords.
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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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Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.
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The fool wonders, the wise man asks.
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Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen.
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