Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.

Quote by Benjamin Disraeli

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For life in general, there is but one decree; youth is a blunder, manhood a...

For life in general, there is but one decree; youth is a blunder, manhood a...

Without tact you can learn nothing.

Without tact you can learn nothing.

How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.

How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.

There is no gambling like politics.

There is no gambling like politics.

It seems to me a barren thing this conservatism - an unhappy cross breed, the...

It seems to me a barren thing this conservatism - an unhappy cross breed, the...

Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation.

Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation.

Play is the beginning of knowledge.

Play is the beginning of knowledge.

Debt is a prolific mother of folly and of crime

Debt is a prolific mother of folly and of crime

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...

The delight of opening a new pursuit, or a new course of reading, imparts the...

The delight of opening a new pursuit, or a new course of reading, imparts the...

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...

The Duke of Wellington brought to the post of first minister immortal fame, -a quality...

The Duke of Wellington brought to the post of first minister immortal fame, -a quality...

For life in general, there is but one decree; youth is a blunder, manhood a...

For life in general, there is but one decree; youth is a blunder, manhood a...

The secret of success is constancy to purpose.

The secret of success is constancy to purpose.

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.

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

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

Everyone likes flattery, and when you come to Royalty, you should lay it on with...

Everyone likes flattery, and when you come to Royalty, you should lay it on with...

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...

Diligence is the mother of good fortune.

Diligence is the mother of good fortune.

If you're not very clever you should be conciliatory.

If you're not very clever you should be conciliatory.