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A sophisticated rhetorician, inebriated with the exuberance of his own verbosity.
Benjamin Disraeli
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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
Novelist
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London
England
1st Earl of Beaconsfield Benjamin Disraeli
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Exuberance
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The age does not believe in great men, because it does not possess any.
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What wonderful things are events! The least are of greater importance than the most sublime and comprehensive speculations.
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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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King Louis Philippe once said to me that he attributed the great success of the British nation in political life to their talking politics after dinner.
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