Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter.
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More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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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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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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The fool wonders, the wise man asks.
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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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The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes.
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We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end.
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Things must be done by parties, not by persons using parties as tools.
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Moderation is the center wherein all philosophies, both human and divine, meet.
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Finality is not the language of politics.
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Never take anything for granted.
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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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Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.
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The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.
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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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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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