Frank and explicit – that is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and confuse the minds of others.
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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To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.
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Travel teaches toleration.
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When a man fell into his anecdotage it was a sign for him to retire from the world.
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The right honourable gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes.
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Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.
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Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel.
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A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.
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William Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect.
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Little things affect little minds.
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Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.
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The view of Jerusalem is the history of the world; it is more, it is the history of earth and of heaven.
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I repeat… that all power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the people and for the people all springs, and all must exist.
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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
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My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.
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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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