Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.

Quote by Benjamin Disraeli

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Books are fatal: they are the curse of the human race. Nine-tenths of existing books...

Books are fatal: they are the curse of the human race. Nine-tenths of existing books...

The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches...

The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches...

Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent.

Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent.

Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.

Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.

Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard

Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard

The secret to success is constancy to purpose.

The secret to success is constancy to purpose.

The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who...

The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who...

The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches,...

The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

The secret of success is constancy of purpose.

The secret of success is constancy of purpose.

Life is too short to be small.

Life is too short to be small.

My objection to Liberalism is this -- that it is the introduction into the practical...

My objection to Liberalism is this -- that it is the introduction into the practical...

Never complain and never explain.

Never complain and never explain.

A conservative government is an organized hypocrisy.

A conservative government is an organized hypocrisy.

I didn't know I was a conservative when it didn't matter to me growing up.

I didn't know I was a conservative when it didn't matter to me growing up.

There's nothing wrong with being a Conservative and coming up with a Conservative believe in...

There's nothing wrong with being a Conservative and coming up with a Conservative believe in...

Here was this vast machinery of government and they didn't know how it ran, where...

Here was this vast machinery of government and they didn't know how it ran, where...