For life in general, there is but one decree; youth is a blunder, manhood a struggle, old age a regret

Quote by Benjamin Disraeli

Topics: Life Quotes, Youth Quotes

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 world is wearied of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians

The world is wearied of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians

The best security for civilization is the dwelling, and upon properly appointed and becoming dwellings...

The best security for civilization is the dwelling, and upon properly appointed and becoming dwellings...

The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.

The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.

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...

The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who...

The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who...

A conservative government is an organized hypocrisy.

A conservative government is an organized hypocrisy.

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...

Damn your principles! Stick to your party.

Damn your principles! Stick to your party.

Travel teaches toleration.

Travel teaches toleration.

Where knowledge ends, religion begins

Where knowledge ends, religion begins

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.

Characters do not change. Opinions alter, but characters are only developed.

Characters do not change. Opinions alter, but characters are only developed.

It is much easier to be critical than to be correct.

It is much easier to be critical than to be correct.

William Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect.

William Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect.

It is easier to be critical than correct.

It is easier to be critical than correct.

Mediocrity can talk, but it is for genius to observe.

Mediocrity can talk, but it is for genius to observe.

He is a self-made man, very much in love with his creator.

He is a self-made man, very much in love with his creator.

A very small degree of hope is sufficient to cause the birth of love

A very small degree of hope is sufficient to cause the birth of love

My candle burns at both ends; It will not last the night; But, ah, my...

My candle burns at both ends; It will not last the night; But, ah, my...

I can write better than anybody who can write faster, and I can write faster...

I can write better than anybody who can write faster, and I can write faster...