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

Quote by Benjamin Disraeli

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

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

Youth is a blunder; Manhood a struggle, Old Age a regret.

Youth is a blunder; Manhood a struggle, Old Age a regret.

Damn your principles! Stick to your party.

Damn your principles! Stick to your party.

The difference between a misfortune and a calamity is this: If Gladstone fell into the...

The difference between a misfortune and a calamity is this: If Gladstone fell into the...

You will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities...

You will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities...

There are three types of lies; lies, damn lies, and statistics.

There are three types of lies; lies, damn lies, and statistics.

Books are the curse of the human race

Books are the curse of the human race

Debt is a prolific mother of folly and of crime

Debt is a prolific mother of folly and of crime

Sweet is the voice of a sister in the season of sorrow.

Sweet is the voice of a sister in the season of sorrow.

The more you are talked about the less powerful you are.

The more you are talked about the less powerful you are.

Were it not for music, we might in these days say, the beautiful is dead.

Were it not for music, we might in these days say, the beautiful is dead.

There is moderation even in excess.

There is moderation even in excess.

The Duke of Wellington brought to the post of first minister immortal fame, -a quality...

The Duke of Wellington brought to the post of first minister immortal fame, -a quality...

Man is only great when he acts from passion.

Man is only great when he acts from passion.

We cannot learn men from books.

We cannot learn men from books.

Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.

Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.

The governments of the present day have to deal not merely with other governments, with...

The governments of the present day have to deal not merely with other governments, with...

Adventures are to the adventurous.

Adventures are to the adventurous.

A precedent embalms a principle.

A precedent embalms a principle.

Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.

Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.