Benjamin Disraeli Quotes

Nothing can resist the human will that will stake even its existence on its stated purpose.
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It is knowledge that influences and equalizes the social condition of man; that gives to all, however different their political position, passions which are in common, and enjoyments which are universal.
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The secret of success is constancy to purpose.
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The difference of race is one of the reasons why I fear war may always exist because race implies difference, difference implies superiority, and superiority leads to predominance.
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Conservatism discards Prescription, shrinks from Principle, disavows Progress having rejected all respect for antiquity, it offers no redress for the present, and makes no preparation for the future.
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There is an art of reading, as well as an art of thinking, and an art of writing.
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The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can never end.
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As a rule, he or she who has the most information will have the greatest success in life.
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Nurture your mind with great thoughts; to believe in the heroic makes heroes.
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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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Knowledge must be gained by ourselves. Mankind may supply us with the facts but the results, even if they agree with previous ones, must be the work of our mind.
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The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but to reveal to him his own.
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Sir, I say that justice is truth in action.
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A man can know nothing of mankind without knowing something of himself. Self - Knowledge is the property of that man whose passions have their full play, but who ponders over their results.
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Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them.
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Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.
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Little things affect little minds.
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I feel a very unusual sensation - If it is not indigestion, I think it must be gratitude.
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When we would prepare the mind by a forcible appeal, an opening quotation is a symphony preluding on the chords those tones we are about to harmonize.
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The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.
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Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them.
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The wisdom of the wise, and the experience of ages, may be preserved by quotation.
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Whenever is found what is called a paternal government, there is found state education. It has been discovered that the best way to ensure implicit obedience is to commence tyranny in the nursery.
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I must follow the people. Am I not their leade.
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It is well - Known what a middleman is he is a man who bamboozles one party and plunders the other.
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Youth is a blunder Manhood a struggle Old Age a regret.
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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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Man is a being born to believe. And if no church comes forward with its title - Deeds of truth to guide him, he will find altars and idols in his own heart and his own imagination.
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The fool wonders, the wise man asks.
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Success is the child of audacity.
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Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.
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Bore: one who has the power of speech but not the capacity for conversation.
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Every great decision creates ripples - - Like a huge boulder dropped in a lake. The ripples merge, rebound off the banks in unforseeable ways. The heavier the decision, the larger the waves, the more uncertain the consequences.
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Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forgo an advantage.
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Man is not the creature of circumstances. Circumstances are the creatures of men.
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Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.
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Mediocrity can talk but it is for genius to observe.
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