Frank and explicit – that is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and confuse the minds of others.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIAction may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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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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What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.
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Moderation is the center wherein all philosophies, both human and divine, meet.
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Assassination has never changed the history of the world.
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To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.
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You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.
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Never complain and never explain.
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The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians.
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Change is inevitable. Change is constant.
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Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.
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Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.
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Damn your principles! Stick to your party.
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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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Travel teaches toleration.
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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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