Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds.
BENJAMIN DISRAELITaking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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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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Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.
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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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Nobody is forgotten when it is convenient to remember him.
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Assassination has never changed the history of the world.
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Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.
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My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.
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A man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely in the House of Lords.
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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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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
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Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation.
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Justice is truth in action.
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Without tact you can learn nothing.
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Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.
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Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.
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