The 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.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIAssassination has never changed the history of the world.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.
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One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.
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The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians.
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Power has only one duty – to secure the social welfare of the People.
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No man is regular in his attendance at the House of Commons until he is married.
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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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Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem; and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art.
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Never complain and never explain.
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No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition.
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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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The fool wonders, the wise man asks.
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Success is the child of audacity.
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We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end.
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A precedent embalms a principle.
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Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.
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