The right honourable gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes.
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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A man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely in the House of Lords.
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There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations.
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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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Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends.
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Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter.
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How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.
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Travel teaches toleration.
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Finality is not the language of politics.
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There is no education like adversity.
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A precedent embalms a principle.
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To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.
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Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.
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The fool wonders, the wise man asks.
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Without tact you can learn nothing.
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What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.
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