What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIThe 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.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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Without publicity there can be no public support, and without public support every nation must decay.
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Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth.
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The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity.
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Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.
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There is moderation even in excess.
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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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A majority is always better than the best repartee.
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We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets.
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Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.
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Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.
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Change is inevitable. Change is constant.
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The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.
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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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Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.
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