It seems to me a barren thing this conservatism - an unhappy cross breed, the mule of politics that engenders nothing.

Quote by Benjamin Disraeli

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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...

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...

Nothing can resist the human will that will stake even its existence on its stated...

Nothing can resist the human will that will stake even its existence on its stated...

It is easier to be critical than correct.

It is easier to be critical than correct.

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.

Travel teaches toleration.

Travel teaches toleration.

Man is made to adore and to obey: but if you will not command him,...

Man is made to adore and to obey: but if you will not command him,...

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

The more you are talked about the less powerful you are.

The more you are talked about the less powerful you are.

There can be economy only where there is efficiency.

There can be economy only where there is efficiency.

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.

Were it not for music, we might in these days say, the beautiful is dead.

Were it not for music, we might in these days say, the beautiful is dead.

Worry - a God, invisible but omnipotent. It steals the bloom from the cheek and...

Worry - a God, invisible but omnipotent. It steals the bloom from the cheek and...

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

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

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...

That fatal drollery called a representative government.

That fatal drollery called a representative government.

Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth.

Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth.

Play is the beginning of knowledge.

Play is the beginning of knowledge.

Nothing is new, all is rehash.

Nothing is new, all is rehash.

Imparting knowledge is only lighting other men's candles at our lamp without depriving ourselves of...

Imparting knowledge is only lighting other men's candles at our lamp without depriving ourselves of...