Without tact you can learn nothing.

Quote by Benjamin Disraeli

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It seems to me a barren thing this conservatism - an unhappy cross breed, the...

It seems to me a barren thing this conservatism - an unhappy cross breed, the...

Frank and explicit - that is the right line to take when you wish to...

Frank and explicit - that is the right line to take when you wish to...

The art of quotation requires more delicacy in the practice than those conceived who could...

The art of quotation requires more delicacy in the practice than those conceived who could...

I say that justice is truth in action.

I say that justice is truth in action.

I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?

I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?

The services in wartime are fit only for desperadoes, but in peace are only fit...

The services in wartime are fit only for desperadoes, but in peace are only fit...

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

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

Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action

Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action

As for our majority... one is enough.

As for our majority... one is enough.

Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are...

Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are...

Everyone likes flattery, and when you come to Royalty, you should lay it on with...

Everyone likes flattery, and when you come to Royalty, you should lay it on with...

What we anticipate seldom occurs, what we least expected generally happens.

What we anticipate seldom occurs, what we least expected generally happens.

I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.

I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.

When a man fell into his anecdotage it was a sign for him to retire...

When a man fell into his anecdotage it was a sign for him to retire...

Conservatism discards Prescription, shrinks from Principle, disavows Progress; having rejected all respect for antiquity, it...

Conservatism discards Prescription, shrinks from Principle, disavows Progress; having rejected all respect for antiquity, it...

Assassination has never changed the history of the world

Assassination has never changed the history of the world

Things must be done by parties, not by persons using parties as tools.

Things must be done by parties, not by persons using parties as tools.

Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.

Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.

To tax the community for the advantage of a class is not protection: it is...

To tax the community for the advantage of a class is not protection: it is...

Nature, like man, sometimes weeps from gladness.

Nature, like man, sometimes weeps from gladness.