Nine-tenths of the existing books are nonsense and the clever books are the refutation of that nonsense.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIThe wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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Damn your principles! Stick to your party.
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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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Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.
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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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There is moderation even in excess.
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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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Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent.
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Finality is not the language of politics.
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London is a roost for every bird.
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Where knowledge ends, religion begins.
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Man is only great when he acts from passion.
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He has left them in the full enjoyment of their liberal positions, and he is himself a strict conservative of their garments.
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Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.
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The governments of the present day have to deal not merely with other governments, with emperors, kings and ministers, but also with the secret societies which have everywhere their unscrupulous agents, and can at the last moment upset all the governments’ plans.
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Little things affect little minds.
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