What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIA man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely in the House of Lords.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets.
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Things must be done by parties, not by persons using parties as tools.
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William Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect.
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We moralize among ruins.
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The right honourable gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes.
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There are two distinct styles requisite: I intend, in the course of my career, if I have time, to give a specimen of both.
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My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.
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Damn your principles! Stick to your party.
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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 first magic of love is our ignorance that it can ever end.
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No man is regular in his attendance at the House of Commons until he is married.
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We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end.
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Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.
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Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.
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The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.
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