The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.
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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Nine-tenths of the existing books are nonsense and the clever books are the refutation of that nonsense.
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Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.
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What is earnest is not always true; on the contrary, error is often more earnest than truth.
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William Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect.
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Where knowledge ends, religion begins.
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The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.
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We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets.
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Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm.
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There is no gambling like politics.
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Grief is the agony of an instant; the indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.
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Nobody is forgotten when it is convenient to remember him.
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Travel teaches toleration.
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Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
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The more extensive a man’s knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do.
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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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