There are two distinct styles requisite: I intend, in the course of my career, if I have time, to give a specimen of both.
BENJAMIN DISRAELITaking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.
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London is a roost for every bird.
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Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.
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Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.
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Frank and explicit – that is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and confuse the minds of others.
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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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My objection to Liberalism is this that it is the introduction into the practical business of life of the highest kind namely, politics of philosophical ideas instead of political principles.
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Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.
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Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.
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The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.
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Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm.
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A precedent embalms a principle.
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Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.
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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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No man is regular in his attendance at the House of Commons until he is married.
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