Damn your principles! Stick to your party.

Quote by Benjamin Disraeli

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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...

The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.

The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.

One of the hardest things in this world is to admit you are wrong. And...

One of the hardest things in this world is to admit you are wrong. And...

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

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

Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.

Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.

The secret of success is constancy to purpose.

The secret of success is constancy to purpose.

Had it not been for you, I should have remained what I was when we...

Had it not been for you, I should have remained what I was when we...

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

The most noble criticism is that in which the critic is not the antagonist so...

The most noble criticism is that in which the critic is not the antagonist so...

Books are fatal: they are the curse of the human race. Nine-tenths of existing books...

Books are fatal: they are the curse of the human race. Nine-tenths of existing books...

A conservative government is an organized hypocrisy.

A conservative government is an organized hypocrisy.

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...

Duty cannot exist without faith.

Duty cannot exist without faith.

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

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

Whenever is found what is called a paternal government, there is found state education. It...

Whenever is found what is called a paternal government, there is found state education. It...

The Duke of Wellington brought to the post of first minister immortal fame, -a quality...

The Duke of Wellington brought to the post of first minister immortal fame, -a quality...

William Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect.

William Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect.

In politics nothing is contemptible.

In politics nothing is contemptible.

I'm not a member of any organized political party, I'm a Democrat!

I'm not a member of any organized political party, I'm a Democrat!

Control your time. If you're working off your in-box, you're working off the priorities of...

Control your time. If you're working off your in-box, you're working off the priorities of...