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

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

Judaism is not complete without Christianity and without Judaism, Christianity would not exist

Judaism is not complete without Christianity and without Judaism, Christianity would not exist

Books are the curse of the human race.

Books are the curse of the human race.

A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.

A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.

The view of Jerusalem is the history of the world; it is more, it is...

The view of Jerusalem is the history of the world; it is more, it is...

We live in an age when to be young and to be indifferent can be...

We live in an age when to be young and to be indifferent can be...

We moralize among ruins.

We moralize among ruins.

In politics nothing is contemptible.

In politics nothing is contemptible.

Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends.

Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends.

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.

There is moderation even in excess.

There is moderation even in excess.

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

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

The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.

The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.

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

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

An obedient wife commands her husband

An obedient wife commands her husband

Without tact you can learn nothing.

Without tact you can learn nothing.

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

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

Teach us that wealth is not elegance, that profusion is not magnificence, that splendor is...

Teach us that wealth is not elegance, that profusion is not magnificence, that splendor is...

Without tact you can learn nothing.

Without tact you can learn nothing.

A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.

A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.