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Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.

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Benjamin Disraeli
Age: 76 †
Born: 1804
Born: December 21
Died: 1881
Died: April 19
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Former Leader Of The House Of Commons
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I have climbed to the top of the greasy pole!
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Those authors who appear sometimes to forget they are writers, and remember they are men, will be our favorites.
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Her Majesty is not a subject.
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Christianity is completed Judaism or it is nothing.
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There is no greater sin than to be trop prononce.
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There is magic in the memory of schoolboy friendships it softens the heart, and even affects the nervous system of those who have no heart.
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Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.
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England is unrivalled for two things - sport and politics.
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A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.
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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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A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art.
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William Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect.
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That doctrine of peace at any price has done more mischief than any I can well recall that have been afloat in this country. It has occasioned more wars than any of the most ruthless conquerors. It has disturbed and nearly destroyed that political equilibrium so necessary to the liberties and the welfare of the world.
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The press is not only free, it is powerful. That power is ours. It is the proudest that man can enjoy. It was not granted by monarchs, it was not gained for us by aristocracies but it sprang from the people, and, with an immortal instinct, it has always worked for the people.
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