Little things affect little minds.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIThe 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.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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What is earnest is not always true; on the contrary, error is often more earnest than truth.
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I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.
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No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition.
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Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
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Damn your principles! Stick to your party.
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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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Success is the child of audacity.
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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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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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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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A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.
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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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You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.
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A man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely in the House of Lords.
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In a progressive country change is constant; change is inevitable.
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Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.
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Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.
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Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm.
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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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Finality is not the language of politics.
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A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.
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It is much easier to be critical than to be correct.
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Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.
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As for our majority… one is enough.
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There is moderation even in excess.
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There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations.
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