Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.
BENJAMIN DISRAELINext to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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London is a roost for every bird.
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Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.
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Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.
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Things must be done by parties, not by persons using parties as tools.
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You will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities to be found in public life.
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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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The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes.
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Assassination has never changed the history of the world.
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The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.
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Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.
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Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth.
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Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.
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The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes.
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Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.
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The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend.
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