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

Quote by Benjamin Disraeli

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Diligence is the mother of good fortune.

Diligence is the mother of good fortune.

We live in an age when to be young and to be indifferent can be...

We live in an age when to be young and to be indifferent can be...

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.

Moderation has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to...

Moderation has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to...

There is no education like adversity

There is no education like adversity

The fool wonders, the wise man asks.

The fool wonders, the wise man asks.

Without tact you can learn nothing.

Without tact you can learn nothing.

Adventures are to the adventurous

Adventures are to the adventurous

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...

A man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely...

A man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely...

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...

As for our majority... one is enough.

As for our majority... one is enough.

Little things affect little minds.

Little things affect little minds.

The greatest of all evils is a weak government

The greatest of all evils is a weak government

There is no gambling like politics.

There is no gambling like politics.

Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions

Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions

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

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

Adventures are to the adventurous.

Adventures are to the adventurous.

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...

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

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