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

Quote by Benjamin Disraeli

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That fatal drollery called a representative government.

That fatal drollery called a representative government.

Silence is the mother of truth.

Silence is the mother of truth.

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 feel a very unusual sensation - if it's not indigestion, I think it must...

I feel a very unusual sensation - if it's not indigestion, I think it must...

In politics nothing is contemptible.

In politics nothing is contemptible.

There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.

There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.

No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition.

No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition.

Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.

Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.

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...

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...

I have brought myself, by long meditation, to the conviction that a human being with...

I have brought myself, by long meditation, to the conviction that a human being with...

The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity.

The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity.

There is no gambling like politics.

There is no gambling like politics.

There is no gambling like politics.

There is no gambling like politics.

The right honourable gentleman is reminiscent of a poker. The only difference is that a...

The right honourable gentleman is reminiscent of a poker. The only difference is that a...

No enemy is so terrible as a man of genius.

No enemy is so terrible as a man of genius.

An author who speaks about his own books is almost as bad as a mother...

An author who speaks about his own books is almost as bad as a mother...

William Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect.

William Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect.

Fear makes us feel our humanity.

Fear makes us feel our humanity.

To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to...

To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to...