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 DISRAELILet the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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Without tact you can learn nothing.
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The palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy.
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Youth is a blunder; Manhood a struggle, Old Age a regret.
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We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets.
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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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One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.
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Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.
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To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.
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Never take anything for granted.
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Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.
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A precedent embalms a principle.
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Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.
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Almost everything that is great has been done by youth.
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It destroys one’s nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being.
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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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