Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds.
BENJAMIN DISRAELILittle things affect little minds.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
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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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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 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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Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.
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Little things affect little minds.
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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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My objection to Liberalism is this that it is the introduction into the practical business of life of the highest kind namely, politics of philosophical ideas instead of political principles.
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The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.
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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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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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No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition.
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Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
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I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.
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Man is made to adore and to obey: but if you will not command him, if you give him nothing to worship, he will fashion his own divinities, and find a chieftain in his own passions.
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