Experience is the child of Thought, and Thought is the child of Action. We cannot learn men from books.

Quote by Benjamin Disraeli

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The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.

The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.

Despair is the conclusion of fools.

Despair is the conclusion of fools.

An obedient wife commands her husband

An obedient wife commands her husband

Diligence is the mother of good fortune.

Diligence is the mother of good fortune.

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 difference between a misfortune and a calamity is this: If Gladstone fell into the...

The difference between a misfortune and a calamity is this: If Gladstone fell into the...

Frank and explicit - that is the right line to take when you wish to...

Frank and explicit - that is the right line to take when you wish to...

Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.

Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.

Grief is the agony of an instant; the indulgence of grief the blunder of a...

Grief is the agony of an instant; the indulgence of grief the blunder of a...

Never complain and never explain.

Never complain and never explain.

The practice of politics in the East may be defined by one word: dissimulation.

The practice of politics in the East may be defined by one word: dissimulation.

In politics nothing is contemptible.

In politics nothing is contemptible.

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...

Life is too short to be small.

Life is too short to be small.

Nine-tenths of the existing books are nonsense and the clever books are the refutation of...

Nine-tenths of the existing books are nonsense and the clever books are the refutation of...

It is much easier to be critical than to be correct.

It is much easier to be critical than to be correct.

Justice is truth in action

Justice is truth in action

Despair is the conclusion of fools

Despair is the conclusion of fools

I wish I could show you when you are lonely or in darkness the astonishing...

I wish I could show you when you are lonely or in darkness the astonishing...

Despair is a great incentive to honorable death

Despair is a great incentive to honorable death