More from Benjamin Disraeli

  1. How very seldom do you encounter in the world a man of great abilities, acquirements, experience, who will unmask his mind, unbutton his br…
  2. I rather like bad wine; one gets so bored with good wine.
  3. 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 f…
  4. But what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is a day, and the race a life.
  5. We live in an age when to be young and to be indifferent can be no longer synonymous. We must prepare for the coming hour. The claims of th…
  6. The Duke of Wellington brought to the post of first minister immortal fame; a quality of success which would almost seem to include all oth…
  7. The world is governed by very different personages to what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes.
  8. To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.

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