The difference between a misfortune and a calamity is this: If Gladstone fell into the Thames, it would be a misfortune. But if someone dragged him out again, that would be a calamity.
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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Almost everything that is great has been done by youth.
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The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.
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Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.
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Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness and with fervor.
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Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent.
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Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.
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Two nations between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy; who are as ignorant of each other’s habits, thoughts, and feelings, as if they were dwellers in different zones, or inhabitants of different planets. The rich and the poor.
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No man is regular in his attendance at the House of Commons until he is married.
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Never complain and never explain.
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Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.
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Little things affect little minds.
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Silence is the mother of truth.
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No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition.
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Nature, like man, sometimes weeps from gladness.
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Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds.
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