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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
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A female friend, amiable, clever, and devoted, is a possession more valuable than parks and palaces and without such a muse, few men can succeed in life, none be contented.
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It is useless to deny, and impossible to conceal, that a great part of Europe, the whole of Italy and France, and a great portion of Germany, to say nothing of other countries - is covered with a network of these secret societies, just as the superfices of the Earth are being covered with railroads.
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Sweet is the voice of a sister in the season of sorrow.
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There is anguish in the recollection that we have not adequately appreciated the affection of those whom we have loved and lost.
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Nothing in life is more remarkable than the unnecessary anxiety which we endure, and generally create ourselves.
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The Egremonts had never said anything that was remembered, or done anything that could be recalled.
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Money is power, and rare are the heads that can withstand the possession of great power.
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The fool wonders, the wise man asks.
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That youthful fervor, which is sometimes called enthusiasm, but which is a heat of imagination subsequently discovered to be inconsistent with the experience of actual life.
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Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.
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Perseverance and tact are the two most important qualities for the individual who wants to move ahead.
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What we call public opinion is generally public sentiment.
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You asked me where I generally lived. In my workshop [i.e. in his study] in the mornings and always in the library in the evening. Books are companions even if you don’t open them.
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England is unrivalled for two things - sport and politics.
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The eyes of the social herd, who always observe little things, and generally form from them their opinions of great affairs.
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The British people, being subject to fogs, require grave statesmen.
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Bore: one who has the power of speech but not the capacity for conversation.
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