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

Quote by Benjamin Disraeli

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Where knowledge ends, religion begins

Where knowledge ends, religion begins

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

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

Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.

Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.

Man is truly great when he can act from his passions

Man is truly great when he can act from his passions

There is no greater index of character so sure as the voice.

There is no greater index of character so sure as the voice.

Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in...

Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in...

The right honourable gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes. He...

The right honourable gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes. He...

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

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

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...

The most noble criticism is that in which the critic is not the antagonist so...

The most noble criticism is that in which the critic is not the antagonist so...

Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.

Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.

London is a modern Babylon.

London is a modern Babylon.

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...

Had it not been for you, I should have remained what I was when we...

Had it not been for you, I should have remained what I was when we...

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...

It destroys one's nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being.

It destroys one's nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being.

My objection to Liberalism is this that it is the introduction into the practical business...

My objection to Liberalism is this that it is the introduction into the practical business...

We cannot learn men from books.

We cannot learn men from books.

Books are like a mirror. If an ass looks in, you can't expect an angel...

Books are like a mirror. If an ass looks in, you can't expect an angel...

What do we, as a nation, care about books? How much do you think we...

What do we, as a nation, care about books? How much do you think we...