Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.
BENJAMIN DISRAELITaking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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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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Without tact you can learn nothing.
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Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.
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War is never a solution; it is an aggravation.
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Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.
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There is no gambling like politics.
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Justice is truth in action.
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There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour.
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Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth.
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William Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect.
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What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.
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Never complain and never explain.
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The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity.
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A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.
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