Quote #253
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
More from Benjamin Disraeli
- Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.
- The art of governing mankind by deceiving them.
- Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation.
- The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.
- Moderation has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to console undistinguished people for their want of fortune and…
- The wisdom of the wise, and the experience of ages, may be preserved by quotation.
- Mediocrity can talk; but it is for genius to observe.
- They that touch pitch will be defiled.