A precedent embalms a principle.

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.

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

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

The secret of success is constancy to purpose.

The secret of success is constancy to purpose.

I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.

I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.

Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.

Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.

War is never a solution; it is an aggravation.

War is never a solution; it is an aggravation.

Real politics are the possession and distribution of power.

Real politics are the possession and distribution of power.

If a man be gloomy let him keep to himself. No one has the right...

If a man be gloomy let him keep to himself. No one has the right...

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...

Debt is a prolific mother of folly and of crime

Debt is a prolific mother of folly and of crime

Success is the child of audacity.

Success is the child of audacity.

Ignorance never settle a question.

Ignorance never settle a question.

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...

There is no education like adversity

There is no education like adversity

Fear makes us feel our humanity.

Fear makes us feel our humanity.

As for our majority... one is enough.

As for our majority... one is enough.

A conservative government is an organized hypocrisy

A conservative government is an organized hypocrisy

William Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect.

William Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect.

Nature, like man, sometimes weeps from gladness.

Nature, like man, sometimes weeps from gladness.

The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.

The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.