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Enthusiasm is the breath of genius.
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
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Life is too short to be little.
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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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Destiny is our will, and our will is nature.
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The feathered arrow of satire has oft been wet with the heart's blood of its victims.
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The press is not only free, it is powerful. That power is ours. It is the proudest that man can enjoy.
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The care of the public health is the first duty of the statesman.
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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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If confidence is a plant of slow growth, credit is one which matures much more slowly.
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One of the hardest things in this world is to admit you are wrong. And nothing is more helpful in resolving a situation than its frank admission.
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Tobacco is the tomb of love.
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I grew intoxicated with my own eloquence.
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Doubt is an element of criticism, and the tendency of criticism is necessarily skeptical.
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How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.
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Scientific, like spiritual truth, has ever from the beginning been descending from heaven to man.
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In great cities men are brought together by the desire of gain. They are not in a state of co-operation, but of isolation, as to the making of fortunes and for all the rest they are careless of neighbors.
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Man is only great when he acts from passion.
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There is anguish in the recollection that we have not adequately appreciated the affection of those whom we have loved and lost.
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Great men should think of opportunity and not of time. That is the excuse of feeble and puzzled spirits.
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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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