Benjamin Disraeli, born 1804, was the 1st Earl of Beaconsfield. He was a British politician from the Conservative Party who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
He played a key role in creating and defining the polices and political philosophy of the Conservative Party.
Below are his best quotes about love, politics, success, statistics and much more. Enjoy.
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The most dangerous strategy is to jump a chasm in two leaps.
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There is no education like adversity.
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Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.
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Money is power, and rare are the heads that can withstand the possession of great power.
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Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day; teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime; give a man religion and he will die praying for a fish.
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Mr Speaker, I withdraw my statement that half the cabinet are asses - half the cabinet are not asses.
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Yes, I am a Jew and when the ancestors of the right honourable gentleman were brutal savages in an unknown island, mine were priests in the temple of Solomon.
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Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.
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Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.
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If you don't believe in magic, then you can't believe in reality.
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A member of Parliament to Disraeli: 'Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of some unspeakable disease.' That depends, Sir,' said Disraeli, 'whether I embrace your policies or your mistress.
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There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour.
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The more extensive a man's knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do.
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You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.
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I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.
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Ignorance never settles a question.
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Where knowledge ends, religion begins.
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Youth is a blunder; manhood a struggle; old age a regret.
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Change is inevitable. Change is constant.
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The best way to become acquainted with a subject is to write about it.
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A female friend, amiable, clever, and devoted, is a possession more valuable than parks and palaces; and without such a muse, few men can succeed in life, none be contented.
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Never apologise for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologise for the truth.
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The fool wonders, the wise man asks.
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Never complain and never explain.
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I have brought myself, by long meditation, to the conviction that a human being with a settled purpose must accomplish it, and that nothing can resist a will which will stake even existence upon its fulfilment.
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He who gains time gains everything.
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Success is the child of audacity.
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To achieve what you want, you have to be stronger than those around you.
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There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
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Youth is a blunder; Manhood a struggle, Old Age a regret.
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A precedent embalms a principle.
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Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.
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There are some silent people who are more interesting than the best talkers.
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The palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy.
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Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few.
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How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.
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I do not like giving advice: it is incurring an unnecessary responsibility.
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The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.
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We are not creatures of circumstance; we are creators of circumstance.
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As a rule, man is a fool. When it's hot, he wants it cool; When its cool, he wants it hot. Always wanting, what is not.
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Patience is a necessary ingredient of genius.
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Despair is the conclusion of fools.
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Perseverance and tact are the two great qualities most valuable for all those who would climb, but especially for those who have to step out of the crowd.
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As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.
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The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.
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Most people die with their music still locked up inside them.
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All my successes have been built on my failures.
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Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
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When men are pure, laws are useless; when men are corrupt, laws are broken.
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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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To tax the community for the advantage of a class is not protection: it is plunder.
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Everything comes if a man will only wait.
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Success is a product of unremitting attention to purpose.
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One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.
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Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.
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