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

Quote by Benjamin Disraeli

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The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.

The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.

There can be economy only where there is efficiency.

There can be economy only where there is efficiency.

We are not creatures of circumstance; we are creators of circumstance.

We are not creatures of circumstance; we are creators of circumstance.

What is earnest is not always true; on the contrary, error is often more earnest...

What is earnest is not always true; on the contrary, error is often more earnest...

I have been ever of opinion that revolutions are not to be evaded.

I have been ever of opinion that revolutions are not to be evaded.

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

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

I never deny. I never contradict. I sometimes forget.

I never deny. I never contradict. I sometimes forget.

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.

Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.

Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.

Without tact you can learn nothing.

Without tact you can learn nothing.

We are all born for love... it is the principle existence and it's only end.

We are all born for love... it is the principle existence and it's only end.

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

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

The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and...

The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and...

William Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect.

William Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect.

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...

No enemy is so terrible as a man of genius.

No enemy is so terrible as a man of genius.

The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity.

The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity.

He was distinguished for ignorance; for he had only one idea, and that was wrong

He was distinguished for ignorance; for he had only one idea, and that was wrong

Nature, like man, sometimes weeps from gladness.

Nature, like man, sometimes weeps from gladness.

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

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