Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIGrief is the agony of an instant; the indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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Things must be done by parties, not by persons using parties as tools.
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Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.
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Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds.
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Frank and explicit – that is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and confuse the minds of others.
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Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.
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Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.
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Justice is truth in action.
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We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end.
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Finality is not the language of politics.
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Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm.
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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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Little things affect little minds.
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I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.
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The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.
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My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.
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