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.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIIt is much easier to be critical than to be correct.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation.
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The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.
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Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.
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A Conservative Government is an organized hypocrisy.
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A man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely in the House of Lords.
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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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There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations.
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Almost everything that is great has been done by youth.
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Where knowledge ends, religion begins.
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Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
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Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.
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We moralize among ruins.
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I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.
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Nobody is forgotten when it is convenient to remember him.
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What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.
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