Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.
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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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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London is a roost for every bird.
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The palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy.
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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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I repeat… that all power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the people and for the people all springs, and all must exist.
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Without tact you can learn nothing.
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A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.
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There is no education like adversity.
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Youth is a blunder; Manhood a struggle, Old Age a regret.
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A precedent embalms a principle.
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The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.
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There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour.
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There can be economy only where there is efficiency.
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Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.
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Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.
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