There is moderation even in excess.
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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The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes.
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Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation.
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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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Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
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A precedent embalms a principle.
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Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.
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Damn your principles! Stick to your party.
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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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Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem; and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art.
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Moderation is the center wherein all philosophies, both human and divine, meet.
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Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent.
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I have brought myself, by long meditation, to the conviction that a human being with a settled purpose must accomplish it, and that nothing can resist a will which will stake even existence upon its fulfillment.
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Little things affect little minds.
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In politics nothing is contemptible.
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Almost everything that is great has been done by youth.
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