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A new acquaintance is like a new book. I prefer it, even if bad, to a classic.
Benjamin Disraeli
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Benjamin Disraeli
Age: 76 †
Born: 1804
Born: December 21
Died: 1881
Died: April 19
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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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Romance has been elegantly defined as the offspring of fiction and love.
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Beauty and health are the chief sources of happiness.
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Nothing can withstand the power of the human will if it is willing to stake its very existence to the extent of its purpose.
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Destiny is our will, and our will is nature.
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The age does not believe in great men, because it does not possess any.
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An author can have nothing truly his own but his style.
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Amusement to an observing mind is study.
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Demagogues and agitators are very unpleasant, they are incidental to a free and constitutional country, and you must put up with these inconveniences or do without many important advantages.
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What is earnest is not always true on the contrary error is often more earnest than truth.
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When a man is going to try and borrow money, it is wise to look prosperous
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I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.
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It destroys one's nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being.
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There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable for in politics there is no honour.
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Two nations between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy who are as ignorant of each other's habits, thoughts, and feelings, as if they were dwellers in different zones, or inhabitants of different planets. The rich and the poor.
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Where knowledge ends, religion begins.
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Friendship is the gift of the gods, and the most precious boon to man.
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Life is too short to be little.
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Sorry only counts for that which it cannot alter.
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