Two nations between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy; who are as ignorant of each other’s habits, thoughts, and feelings, as if they were dwellers in different zones, or inhabitants of different planets. The rich and the poor.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIRead no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.
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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The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.
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There is no gambling like politics.
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The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes.
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There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations.
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Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent.
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Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth.
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Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter.
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Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.
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Success is the child of audacity.
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I have brought myself, by long meditation, to the conviction that a human being with a settled purpose must accomplish it, and that nothing can resist a will which will stake even existence upon its fulfillment.
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A majority is always better than the best repartee.
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A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.
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Without tact you can learn nothing.
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You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.
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