Despair is the conclusion of fools.

Quote by Benjamin Disraeli

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If you're not very clever you should be conciliatory.

If you're not very clever you should be conciliatory.

The more extensive a man's knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be...

The more extensive a man's knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be...

A conservative government is an organized hypocrisy.

A conservative government is an organized hypocrisy.

Sir, I say that justice is truth in action

Sir, I say that justice is truth in action

Things must be done by parties, not by persons using parties as tools.

Things must be done by parties, not by persons using parties as tools.

That fatal drollery called a representative government.

That fatal drollery called a representative government.

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

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

A precedent embalms a principle.

A precedent embalms a principle.

An obedient wife commands her husband

An obedient wife commands her husband

You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.

You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.

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...

There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations.

There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations.

Nobody is forgotten when it is convenient to remember him.

Nobody is forgotten when it is convenient to remember him.

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.

The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.

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

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

Man is made to adore and to obey: but if you will not command him,...

Man is made to adore and to obey: but if you will not command him,...

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.

For happiness one needs security, but joy can spring like a flower even from the...

For happiness one needs security, but joy can spring like a flower even from the...

The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness.

The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness.