More from Benjamin Disraeli

  1. I hate definitions.
  2. There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour.
  3. Beware of endeavouring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed: these are fearful odds.
  4. Experience is the child of Thought, and Thought is the child of Action. We can not learn men from books.
  5. The Services in war time are fit only for desperadoes but, in peace, are fit only for fools.
  6. Variety is the mother of Enjoyment.
  7. The microcosm of a public school.
  8. There is moderation even in excess.

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