You will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities to be found in public life.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIDamn your principles! Stick to your party.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend.
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Man is made to adore and to obey: but if you will not command him, if you give him nothing to worship, he will fashion his own divinities, and find a chieftain in his own passions.
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Without tact you can learn nothing.
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Mediocrity can talk, but it is for genius to observe.
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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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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 am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.
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There is no education like adversity.
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The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.
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The more extensive a man’s knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do.
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The secret of success is constancy to purpose.
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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 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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Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness and with fervor.
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Finality is not the language of politics.
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