The more extensive a man’s knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do.
BENJAMIN DISRAELITaking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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Moderation is the center wherein all philosophies, both human and divine, meet.
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He has left them in the full enjoyment of their liberal positions, and he is himself a strict conservative of their garments.
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Power has only one duty – to secure the social welfare of the People.
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There are two distinct styles requisite: I intend, in the course of my career, if I have time, to give a specimen of both.
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War is never a solution; it is an aggravation.
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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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One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.
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No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition.
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Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds.
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The fool wonders, the wise man asks.
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When a man fell into his anecdotage it was a sign for him to retire from the world.
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You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.
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Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter.
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Man is only great when he acts from passion.
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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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Success is the child of audacity.
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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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Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.
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In a progressive country change is constant; change is inevitable.
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Finality is not the language of politics.
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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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How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.
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Silence is the mother of truth.
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The first magic of love is our ignorance that it can ever end.
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In politics nothing is contemptible.
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