Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.
BENJAMIN DISRAELINo Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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Little things affect little minds.
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There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
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The right honourable gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes.
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Things must be done by parties, not by persons using parties as tools.
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Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
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Without publicity there can be no public support, and without public support every nation must decay.
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Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.
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No man is regular in his attendance at the House of Commons until he is married.
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You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.
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The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes.
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In a progressive country change is constant; change is inevitable.
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What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.
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Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.
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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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Two nations between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy; who are as ignorant of each other’s habits, thoughts, and feelings, as if they were dwellers in different zones, or inhabitants of different planets. The rich and the poor.
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