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.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIEvery production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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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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Never complain and never explain.
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Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.
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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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Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.
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There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations.
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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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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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The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.
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Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.
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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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A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest;
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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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What is earnest is not always true; on the contrary, error is often more earnest than truth.
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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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