He has left them in the full enjoyment of their liberal positions, and he is himself a strict conservative of their garments.
BENJAMIN DISRAELILife is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness and with fervor.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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Silence is the mother of truth.
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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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Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem; and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art.
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William Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect.
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What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.
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There is no education like adversity.
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Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.
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A majority is always better than the best repartee.
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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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The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians.
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The difference between a misfortune and a calamity is this: If Gladstone fell into the Thames, it would be a misfortune. But if someone dragged him out again, that would be a calamity.
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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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As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.
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Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.
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It destroys one’s nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being.
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