Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.

Quote by Benjamin Disraeli

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The palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy.

The palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy.

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...

Man is truly great when he can act from his passions

Man is truly great when he can act from his passions

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

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

We cannot learn men from books.

We cannot learn men from books.

I have brought myself, by long meditation, to the conviction that a human being with...

I have brought myself, by long meditation, to the conviction that a human being with...

I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?

I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?

But what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is...

But what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is...

There is no education like adversity.

There is no education like adversity.

To tax the community for the advantage of a class is not protection: it is...

To tax the community for the advantage of a class is not protection: it is...

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.

Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his...

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his...

The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and...

The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and...

If a man be gloomy let him keep to himself. No one has the right...

If a man be gloomy let him keep to himself. No one has the right...

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...

To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to...

To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to...

An obedient wife commands her husband

An obedient wife commands her husband

A wife, a lover, can perhaps never see what the artist sees They rarely ever...

A wife, a lover, can perhaps never see what the artist sees They rarely ever...

Never take a wife till thou hast a house and a fire to put her...

Never take a wife till thou hast a house and a fire to put her...