Quote #83
The microcosm of a public school.
More from Benjamin Disraeli
- The fool wonders, the wise man asks.
- The Services in war time are fit only for desperadoes but, in peace, are fit only for fools.
- Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.
- Beware of endeavouring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed: these are fearful odds.
- Man is not a rational animal. He is only truly good or great when he acts from passion.
- I hate definitions.
- Nature has given us two ears but only one mouth.
- Fear makes us feel our humanity.