Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.
BENJAMIN DISRAELILike all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.
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The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend.
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There are two distinct styles requisite: I intend, in the course of my career, if I have time, to give a specimen of both.
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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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Little things affect little minds.
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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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Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth.
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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 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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Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.
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Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.
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William Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect.
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The best security for civilization is the dwelling, and upon properly appointed and becoming dwellings depends, more than anything else, the improvement of mankind.
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The palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy.
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