The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIFrank and explicit – that is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and confuse the minds of others.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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Nobody is forgotten when it is convenient to remember him.
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Fear makes us feel our humanity.
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When a man fell into his anecdotage it was a sign for him to retire from the world.
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Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent.
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Grief is the agony of an instant; the indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.
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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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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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Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.
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Almost everything that is great has been done by youth.
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Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth.
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I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.
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We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets.
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A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.
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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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Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.
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