London is a modern Babylon.

Quote by Benjamin Disraeli

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My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.

My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.

Sir, I say that justice is truth in action

Sir, I say that justice is truth in action

That fatal drollery called a representative government.

That fatal drollery called a representative government.

The fool wonders, the wise man asks.

The fool wonders, the wise man asks.

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

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

Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.

Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.

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

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

You will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities...

You will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities...

Characters do not change. Opinions alter, but characters are only developed.

Characters do not change. Opinions alter, but characters are only developed.

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

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

Nobody is forgotten when it is convenient to remember him.

Nobody is forgotten when it is convenient to remember him.

Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.

Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.

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...

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

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

The secret of success is constancy to purpose.

The secret of success is constancy to purpose.

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...

Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.

Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.

Never complain and never explain.

Never complain and never explain.

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

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

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.