Nine-tenths of the existing books are nonsense and the clever books are the refutation of that nonsense.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIThe health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend.
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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The first magic of love is our ignorance that it can ever end.
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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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Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.
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My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.
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William Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect.
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The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.
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My objection to Liberalism is this that it is the introduction into the practical business of life of the highest kind namely, politics of philosophical ideas instead of political principles.
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The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.
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Silence is the mother of truth.
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Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.
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The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.
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Damn your principles! Stick to your party.
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It is much easier to be critical than to be correct.
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Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds.
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