Quote #250

Moderation has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to console undistinguished people for their want of fortune and their lack of merit.

More from Benjamin Disraeli

  1. Mediocrity can talk; but it is for genius to observe.
  2. Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation.
  3. Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it: he that fears otherwise, gives advantage to the danger.
  4. Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.
  5. If it is not necessary to change, it is necessary not to change.
  6. Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
  7. Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm.
  8. The art of governing mankind by deceiving them.

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