Where knowledge ends, religion begins.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIMan is made to adore and to obey: but if you will not command him, if you give him nothing to worship, he will fashion his own divinities, and find a chieftain in his own passions.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.
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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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Grief is the agony of an instant; the indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.
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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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Mediocrity can talk, but it is for genius to observe.
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A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.
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You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.
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The difference between a misfortune and a calamity is this: If Gladstone fell into the Thames, it would be a misfortune. But if someone dragged him out again, that would be a calamity.
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Little things affect little minds.
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Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.
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Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.
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You will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities to be found in public life.
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A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest;
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The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes.
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