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May Quotes by Benjamin Disraeli
- I see before me the statue of a celebrated minister, who said that confidence was a plant of slow growth. But I believe, however gradual…
- Knowledge must be gained by ourselves. Mankind may supply us with facts; but the results, even if they agree with previous ones, must be the…
- Great revolutions, whatever may be their causes, are not lightly commenced, and are not concluded with precipitation.
- Individuals may form communities, but it is institutions alone that can create a nation.
- 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…
- A book may be as great a thing as a battle.
- You have despoiled churches. You have threatened every corporation and endowment in the country. You have examined into everybodys affairs. You have criticised every profession…
- No government can be long secure without a formidable opposition. It reduces their supporters to that tractable number which can be managed by the joint…
- The divine right of kings may have been a plea for feeble tyrants, but the divine right of government is the keystone of human progress,…
- How very seldom do you encounter in the world a man of great abilities, acquirements, experience, who will unmask his mind, unbutton his brains, and…
- An amateur may not be an artist, though an artist should be an amateur.
- Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.
- Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds.
- The practice of politics in the East may be defined by one word: dissimulation.
- A man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely in the House of Lords. There are two distinct styles…
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