Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds.
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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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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Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.
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The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.
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There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations.
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A Conservative Government is an organized hypocrisy.
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Things must be done by parties, not by persons using parties as tools.
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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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The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians.
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To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.
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A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.
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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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There is moderation even in excess.
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Moderation is the center wherein all philosophies, both human and divine, meet.
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There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
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Never take anything for granted.
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