Man is made to adore and to obey: but if you will not command him, if you give him nothing to worship, he will fashion his own divinities, and find a chieftain in his own passions.

Quote by Benjamin Disraeli

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Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians.

The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians.

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

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

Where knowledge ends, religion begins

Where knowledge ends, religion begins

Despair is the conclusion of fools.

Despair is the conclusion of fools.

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

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

Adventures are to the adventurous

Adventures are to the adventurous

Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are...

Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are...

Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in...

Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in...

Youth is the trustee of prosperity.

Youth is the trustee of prosperity.

Travel teaches toleration.

Travel teaches toleration.

Assassination has never changed the history of the world

Assassination has never changed the history of the world

The art of quotation requires more delicacy in the practice than those conceived who could...

The art of quotation requires more delicacy in the practice than those conceived who could...

Damn your principles! Stick to your party.

Damn your principles! Stick to your party.

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

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

Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time

Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time

We cannot learn men from books.

We cannot learn men from books.

Teach us that wealth is not elegance, that profusion is not magnificence, that splendor is...

Teach us that wealth is not elegance, that profusion is not magnificence, that splendor is...

Fear makes us feel our humanity.

Fear makes us feel our humanity.

Things must be done by parties, not by persons using parties as tools.

Things must be done by parties, not by persons using parties as tools.