What is earnest is not always true; on the contrary, error is often more earnest than truth.
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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There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour.
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Nature, like man, sometimes weeps from gladness.
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A man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely in the House of Lords.
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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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Mediocrity can talk, but it is for genius to observe.
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The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity.
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No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition.
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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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You will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities to be found in public life.
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Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness and with fervor.
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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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Success is the child of audacity.
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War is never a solution; it is an aggravation.
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Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.
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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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