Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIA majority is always better than the best repartee.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness and with fervor.
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Youth is a blunder; Manhood a struggle, Old Age a regret.
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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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Almost everything that is great has been done by youth.
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We moralize among ruins.
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Mediocrity can talk, but it is for genius to observe.
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There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations.
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Moderation is the center wherein all philosophies, both human and divine, meet.
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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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Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen.
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Damn your principles! Stick to your party.
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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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The fool wonders, the wise man asks.
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Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.
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Never complain and never explain.
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