You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.
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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Never take anything for granted.
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Damn your principles! Stick to your party.
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Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.
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The best security for civilization is the dwelling, and upon properly appointed and becoming dwellings depends, more than anything else, the improvement of mankind.
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Finality is not the language of politics.
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Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.
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Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.
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The palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy.
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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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Man is only great when he acts from passion.
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Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.
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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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Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.
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Never complain and never explain.
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Grief is the agony of an instant; the indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.
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