Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.
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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Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm.
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Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.
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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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There can be economy only where there is efficiency.
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The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity.
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Nine-tenths of the existing books are nonsense and the clever books are the refutation of that nonsense.
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The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.
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He has left them in the full enjoyment of their liberal positions, and he is himself a strict conservative of their garments.
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There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations.
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Man is only great when he acts from passion.
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As for our majority… one is enough.
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Silence is the mother of truth.
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Grief is the agony of an instant; the indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.
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Fear makes us feel our humanity.
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The fool wonders, the wise man asks.
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