More from Benjamin Disraeli

  1. Man is not a rational animal. He is only truly good or great when he acts from passion.
  2. The fool wonders, the wise man asks.
  3. Nature has given us two ears but only one mouth.
  4. The microcosm of a public school.
  5. The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can ever end.
  6. The Services in war time are fit only for desperadoes but, in peace, are fit only for fools.
  7. What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expected generally happens.
  8. Beware of endeavouring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed: these are fearful odds.

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