The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIThe view of Jerusalem is the history of the world; it is more, it is the history of earth and of heaven.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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Nine-tenths of the existing books are nonsense and the clever books are the refutation of that nonsense.
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To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.
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Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation.
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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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The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes.
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Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.
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Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent.
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Never take anything for granted.
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Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.
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Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.
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The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes.
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Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.
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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
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Two nations between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy; who are as ignorant of each other’s habits, thoughts, and feelings, as if they were dwellers in different zones, or inhabitants of different planets. The rich and the poor.
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In politics nothing is contemptible.
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