A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.
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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Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.
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Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends.
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Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds.
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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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We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets.
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Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
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You will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities to be found in public life.
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What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.
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There is moderation even in excess.
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The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.
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Damn your principles! Stick to your party.
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Justice is truth in action.
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A precedent embalms a principle.
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The secret of success is constancy to purpose.
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Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel.
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