Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends.
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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As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.
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Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.
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The secret of success is constancy to purpose.
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The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes.
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Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen.
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The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity.
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Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.
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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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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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Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.
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A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.
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We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets.
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There is no education like adversity.
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Nature, like man, sometimes weeps from gladness.
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The palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy.
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