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 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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Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel.
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Power has only one duty – to secure the social welfare of the People.
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Nobody is forgotten when it is convenient to remember him.
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It destroys one’s nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being.
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Things must be done by parties, not by persons using parties as tools.
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Without tact you can learn nothing.
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A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.
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A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.
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The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.
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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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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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What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.
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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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Finality is not the language of politics.
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Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.
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