Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.
BENJAMIN DISRAELINever take anything for granted.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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In politics nothing is contemptible.
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Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth.
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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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There can be economy only where there is efficiency.
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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
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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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Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends.
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There is no education like adversity.
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There is no gambling like politics.
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The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes.
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A majority is always better than the best repartee.
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As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.
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Man is made to adore and to obey: but if you will not command him, if you give him nothing to worship, he will fashion his own divinities, and find a chieftain in his own passions.
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War is never a solution; it is an aggravation.
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The difference between a misfortune and a calamity is this: If Gladstone fell into the Thames, it would be a misfortune. But if someone dragged him out again, that would be a calamity.
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