The best security for civilization is the dwelling, and upon properly appointed and becoming dwellings depends, more than anything else, the improvement of mankind.
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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There is moderation even in excess.
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The governments of the present day have to deal not merely with other governments, with emperors, kings and ministers, but also with the secret societies which have everywhere their unscrupulous agents, and can at the last moment upset all the governments’ plans.
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One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.
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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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I have brought myself, by long meditation, to the conviction that a human being with a settled purpose must accomplish it, and that nothing can resist a will which will stake even existence upon its fulfillment.
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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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As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.
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Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.
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Almost everything that is great has been done by youth.
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Damn your principles! Stick to your party.
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Nobody is forgotten when it is convenient to remember him.
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The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.
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Little things affect little minds.
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Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.
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