Grief is the agony of an instant; the indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.
BENJAMIN DISRAELINowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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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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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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Mediocrity can talk, but it is for genius to observe.
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The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.
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What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.
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London is a roost for every bird.
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Finality is not the language of politics.
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A majority is always better than the best repartee.
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We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets.
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Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.
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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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Success is the child of audacity.
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Frank and explicit – that is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and confuse the minds of others.
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In politics nothing is contemptible.
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