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Terror has its inspiration, as well as competition.
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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There are few positions less inspiriting than those of a discomfited party.
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There is no waste of time like making excuses.
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There are some silent people who are more interesting than the best talkers.
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Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness and with fervour.
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The disappointment of manhood succeeds the delusion of youth.
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Damn your principles! Stick to your party.
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Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.
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He who gains time gains everything.
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The art of conversation is to be prompt without being stubborn, to refute without argument, and to clothe great matters in a motley garb.
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I have climbed to the top of the greasy pole!
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Patriotism depends as much on mutual suffering as on mutual success and it is by that experience of all fortunes and all feelings that a great national character is created.
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Our domestic affections are the most salutary basis of all good government.
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The very phrase 'foreign affairs' makes an Englishman convinced that I am about to treat of subjects with which he has no concern.
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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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Duty cannot exist without faith
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With words we govern men.
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Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds.
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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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What wonderful things are events! The least are of greater importance than the most sublime and comprehensive speculations.
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We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets.
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