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.
BENJAMIN DISRAELINine-tenths of the existing books are nonsense and the clever books are the refutation of that nonsense.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest;
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Success is the child of audacity.
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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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The secret of success is constancy to purpose.
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Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.
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It destroys one’s nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being.
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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 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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The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians.
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Change is inevitable. Change is constant.
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You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.
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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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Without publicity there can be no public support, and without public support every nation must decay.
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Finality is not the language of politics.
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The first magic of love is our ignorance that it can ever end.
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