Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent.

Quote by Benjamin Disraeli

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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...

Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears...

Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears...

Sir, I say that justice is truth in action

Sir, I say that justice is truth in action

Damn your principles! Stick to your party.

Damn your principles! Stick to your party.

We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only...

We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only...

Without publicity there can be no public support, and without public support every nation must...

Without publicity there can be no public support, and without public support every nation must...

Debt is a prolific mother of folly and of crime

Debt is a prolific mother of folly and of crime

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...

How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.

How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.

My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.

My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.

A precedent embalms a principle.

A precedent embalms a principle.

The governments of the present day have to deal not merely with other governments, with...

The governments of the present day have to deal not merely with other governments, with...

There is no education like adversity.

There is no education like adversity.

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

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

Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.

Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.

Two nations between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy; who are as ignorant...

Two nations between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy; who are as ignorant...

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...

Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.

Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.

The more you are talked about the less powerful you are.

The more you are talked about the less powerful you are.

Moderation is the center wherein all philosophies, both human and divine, meet.

Moderation is the center wherein all philosophies, both human and divine, meet.