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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
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Though I sit down now, the time will come whenyou will hear me.
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Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.
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No affection and a great brain, these are the people to command the world.
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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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The art of governing mankind by deceiving them.
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The greatest of all evils is a weak government
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Here's to the man who rode the race, who took the time, who kept the time, and who did the trick.
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Judaism is not complete without Christianity and without Judaism, Christianity would not exist.
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Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.
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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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The English nation is never so great as in adversity.
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The canter is a cure for every evil.
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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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Generally speaking, among sensible persons, it would seem that a rich man deems that friend a sincere one who does not want to borrow his money while, among the less favored with fortune's gifts, the sincere friend is generally esteemed to be the individual who is ready to lend it.
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There can be economy only where there is efficiency.
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Things must be done by parties, not by persons using parties as tools.
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Enthusiasm is the breath of genius.
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London is a modern Babylon.
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Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions never irresistible but when he appeals to the imagination.
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Everyone likes flattery and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel.
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