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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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London
England
1st Earl of Beaconsfield Benjamin Disraeli
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Judaism is not complete without Christianity and without Judaism, Christianity would not exist.
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My idea of an acceptable person is someone that is ready to accept my ideas.
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Be amusing: never tell unkind stories above all, never tell long ones.
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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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Christianity is completed Judaism or it is nothing.
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There is no index of character so sure as the voice.
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The difference between talent and genius is this: while the former usually develops some special branch of our faculties, the latter commands them all. When the former is combined with tact, it is often more than a match for the latter.
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