The secret of success is constancy to purpose.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIFaith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem; and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.
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The view of Jerusalem is the history of the world; it is more, it is the history of earth and of heaven.
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Grief is the agony of an instant; the indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.
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The palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy.
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Never complain and never explain.
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The best security for civilization is the dwelling, and upon properly appointed and becoming dwellings depends, more than anything else, the improvement of mankind.
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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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There are two distinct styles requisite: I intend, in the course of my career, if I have time, to give a specimen of both.
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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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Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent.
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There can be economy only where there is efficiency.
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We moralize among ruins.
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Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.
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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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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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