What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.
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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Youth is a blunder; Manhood a struggle, Old Age a regret.
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A majority is always better than the best repartee.
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The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.
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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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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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Mediocrity can talk, but it is for genius to observe.
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The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians.
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Nobody is forgotten when it is convenient to remember him.
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Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.
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Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm.
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Finality is not the language of politics.
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Grief is the agony of an instant; the indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.
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It destroys one’s nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being.
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There is moderation even in excess.
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Success is the child of audacity.
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