But what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is a day.

Quote by Benjamin Disraeli

Topics: Clocks Quotes, Day Quotes

How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.

How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.

We make our own fortunes and we call them fate

We make our own fortunes and we call them fate

There is no education like adversity

There is no education like adversity

No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition.

No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition.

There is no gambling like politics.

There is no gambling like politics.

Nine-tenths of the existing books are nonsense and the clever books are the refutation of...

Nine-tenths of the existing books are nonsense and the clever books are the refutation of...

No man is regular in his attendance at the House of Commons until he is...

No man is regular in his attendance at the House of Commons until he is...

What is earnest is not always true; on the contrary, error is often more earnest...

What is earnest is not always true; on the contrary, error is often more earnest...

Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is...

Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is...

Diligence is the mother of good fortune.

Diligence is the mother of good fortune.

A conservative government is an organized hypocrisy.

A conservative government is an organized hypocrisy.

I feel a very unusual sensation - if it's not indigestion, I think it must...

I feel a very unusual sensation - if it's not indigestion, I think it must...

An author who speaks about their own books is almost as bad as a mother...

An author who speaks about their own books is almost as bad as a mother...

Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.

Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.

What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.

What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.

There is moderation even in excess.

There is moderation even in excess.

Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.

Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.

Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent.

Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent.

Grief is the agony of an instant. The indulgence of grief the blunder of a...

Grief is the agony of an instant. The indulgence of grief the blunder of a...

We moralize among ruins.

We moralize among ruins.