More from Benjamin Disraeli

  1. The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can ever end.
  2. Man is not a rational animal. He is only truly good or great when he acts from passion.
  3. What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expected generally happens.
  4. Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.
  5. Debt is the prolific mother of folly and of crime.
  6. The fool wonders, the wise man asks.
  7. Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.
  8. The microcosm of a public school.

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