There is no education like adversity.
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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Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem; and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art.
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It destroys one’s nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being.
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In politics nothing is contemptible.
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Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.
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As for our majority… one is enough.
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The governments of the present day have to deal not merely with other governments, with emperors, kings and ministers, but also with the secret societies which have everywhere their unscrupulous agents, and can at the last moment upset all the governments’ plans.
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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
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No man is regular in his attendance at the House of Commons until he is married.
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You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.
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Man 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.
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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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A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.
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There is moderation even in excess.
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Success is the child of audacity.
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I repeat… that all power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the people and for the people all springs, and all must exist.
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