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 right honourable gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes. He...

The right honourable gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes. He...

We are all born for love... it is the principle existence and it's only end.

We are all born for love... it is the principle existence and it's only end.

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.

The greatest of all evils is a weak government

The greatest of all evils is a weak government

Without publicity there can be no public support, and without public support every nation must...

Without publicity there can be no public support, and without public support every nation must...

I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?

I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?

I never deny. I never contradict. I sometimes forget.

I never deny. I never contradict. I sometimes forget.

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

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

Assassination has never changed the history of the world

Assassination has never changed the history of the world

For life in general, there is but one decree; youth is a blunder, manhood a...

For life in general, there is but one decree; youth is a blunder, manhood a...

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...

There is moderation even in excess.

There is moderation even in excess.

Nature, like man, sometimes weeps from gladness.

Nature, like man, sometimes weeps from gladness.

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

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

The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.

The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.

Debt is a prolific mother of folly and of crime

Debt is a prolific mother of folly and of crime

Where knowledge ends, religion begins

Where knowledge ends, religion begins

Assassination has never changed the history of the world.

Assassination has never changed the history of the world.

Fame and power are the objects of all men. Even their partial fruition is gained...

Fame and power are the objects of all men. Even their partial fruition is gained...

I say that justice is truth in action.

I say that justice is truth in action.