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

Quote by Benjamin Disraeli

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In politics nothing is contemptible.

In politics nothing is contemptible.

Damn your principles! Stick to your party.

Damn your principles! Stick to your party.

Justice is truth in action

Justice is truth in action

We cannot learn men from books.

We cannot learn men from books.

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...

Judaism is not complete without Christianity and without Judaism, Christianity would not exist

Judaism is not complete without Christianity and without Judaism, Christianity would not exist

Damn your principles! Stick to your party.

Damn your principles! Stick to your party.

War is never a solution; it is an aggravation.

War is never a solution; it is an aggravation.

The secret to success is constancy to purpose.

The secret to success is constancy to purpose.

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...

Man is only great when he acts from passion.

Man is only great when he acts from passion.

Books are the curse of the human race.

Books are the curse of the human race.

The first magic of love is our ignorance that it can ever end.

The first magic of love is our ignorance that it can ever end.

Conservatism discards Prescription, shrinks from Principle, disavows Progress; having rejected all respect for antiquity, it...

Conservatism discards Prescription, shrinks from Principle, disavows Progress; having rejected all respect for antiquity, it...

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

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

How very seldom do you encounter in the world a man of great abilities, acquirements,...

How very seldom do you encounter in the world a man of great abilities, acquirements,...

A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.

A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.

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...

London is a roost for every bird.

London is a roost for every bird.

The very phrase 'foreign affairs' makes an Englishman convinced that I am about to treat...

The very phrase 'foreign affairs' makes an Englishman convinced that I am about to treat...