Everyone likes flattery, and when you come to Royalty, you should lay it on with a thick trowel

Quote by Benjamin Disraeli

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What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.

What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.

Genius, when young, is divine.

Genius, when young, is divine.

That fatal drollery called a representative government.

That fatal drollery called a representative government.

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...

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...

It seems to me a barren thing this conservatism - an unhappy cross breed, the...

It seems to me a barren thing this conservatism - an unhappy cross breed, the...

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

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

A conservative government is an organized hypocrisy

A conservative government is an organized hypocrisy

No enemy is so terrible as a man of genius.

No enemy is so terrible as a man of genius.

Justice is truth in action.

Justice is truth in action.

Were it not for music, we might in these days say, the beautiful is dead.

Were it not for music, we might in these days say, the beautiful is dead.

Assassination has never changed the history of the world

Assassination has never changed the history of the world

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...

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.

To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to...

To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to...

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...

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.

Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.

Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.

An author who speaks about their own books is almost as bad as a mother...

An author who speaks about their own books is almost as bad as a mother...

Teach us that wealth is not elegance, that profusion is not magnificence, that splendor is...

Teach us that wealth is not elegance, that profusion is not magnificence, that splendor is...