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A book may be as great a thing as a battle.
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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London
England
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The first favourite was never heard of, the second favourite was never seen after the distance post, all the ten-to-oners were in the rear, and a dark horse which had never been thought of, and which the careless St. James had never even observed in the list, rushed past the grand stand in sweeping triumph.
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A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.
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The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example.
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A new acquaintance is like a new book. I prefer it, even if bad, to a classic.
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Whatever they did, the Elysians were careful never to be vehement.
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I look upon parliamentary government as the noblest government in the world, and certainly one most suited to England. But without the discipline of political connection, animated by the principle of private honor, I feel certain that a popular assembly would sink before the power or the corruption of a minister.
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Individuals may form communities, but it is institutions alone that can create a nation.
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Increased means and increased leisure are the two civilizers of man.
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When a man fell into his anecdotage it was a sign for him to retire from the world.
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She is an excellent creature, but she can never remember which came first, the Greeks or the Romans.
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No man is regular in his attendance at the House of Commons until he is married.
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Nine-tenths of existing books are nonsense, and the clever books are the refutation of that nonsense.
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There is no waste of time like making excuses.
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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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To a mother, a child is everything but to a child, a parent is only a link in the chain of her existence.
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Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.
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Enthusiasm is the breath of genius.
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What art was to the ancient world, Science is to the modern the distinctive faculty. In the minds of men, the useful has succeeded to the beautiful.
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There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
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