Youth is a blunder; Manhood a struggle, Old Age a regret.
BENJAMIN DISRAELINo man is regular in his attendance at the House of Commons until he is married.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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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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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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Nine-tenths of the existing books are nonsense and the clever books are the refutation of that nonsense.
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There is no education like adversity.
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Travel teaches toleration.
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Silence is the mother of 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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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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Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth.
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The palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy.
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William Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect.
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London is a roost for every bird.
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Nobody is forgotten when it is convenient to remember him.
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Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.
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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
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