The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIDamn your principles! Stick to your party.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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William Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect.
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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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Without tact you can learn nothing.
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Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter.
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War is never a solution; it is an aggravation.
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Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
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Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.
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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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Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.
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Grief is the agony of an instant; the indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.
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Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation.
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A majority is always better than the best repartee.
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Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.
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What is earnest is not always true; on the contrary, error is often more earnest than truth.
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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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