Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action

Quote by Benjamin Disraeli

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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...

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...

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...

Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time

Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time

To supervise people, you must either surpass them in their accomplishments or despise them.

To supervise people, you must either surpass them in their accomplishments or despise them.

The greatest of all evils is a weak government.

The greatest of all evils is a weak government.

Where knowledge ends, religion begins.

Where knowledge ends, religion begins.

Youth is the trustee of prosperity.

Youth is the trustee of prosperity.

Real politics are the possession and distribution of power.

Real politics are the possession and distribution of power.

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...

As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has...

As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has...

If a man be gloomy let him keep to himself. No one has the right...

If a man be gloomy let him keep to himself. No one has the right...

My objection to Liberalism is this -- that it is the introduction into the practical...

My objection to Liberalism is this -- that it is the introduction into the practical...

Without tact you can learn nothing.

Without tact you can learn nothing.

Youth is a blunder; manhood a struggle; old age a regret

Youth is a blunder; manhood a struggle; old age a regret

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...

Books are the curse of the human race

Books are the curse of the human race

The services in wartime are fit only for desperadoes, but in peace are only fit...

The services in wartime are fit only for desperadoes, but in peace are only fit...

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

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

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...