Nine-tenths of the existing books are nonsense and the clever books are the refutation of that nonsense.

Quote by Benjamin Disraeli

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The best security for civilization is the dwelling, and upon properly appointed and becoming dwellings...

The best security for civilization is the dwelling, and upon properly appointed and becoming dwellings...

Worry - a God, invisible but omnipotent. It steals the bloom from the cheek and...

Worry - a God, invisible but omnipotent. It steals the bloom from the cheek and...

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

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

Where knowledge ends, religion begins.

Where knowledge ends, religion begins.

No man is regular in his attendance at the House of Commons until he is...

No man is regular in his attendance at the House of Commons until he is...

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

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

Success is the child of audacity.

Success is the child of audacity.

Life is too short to be small.

Life is too short to be small.

Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.

Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.

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...

Damn your principles! Stick to your party.

Damn your principles! Stick to your party.

I say that justice is truth in action.

I say that justice is truth in action.

Christianity is completed Judaism, or it is nothing

Christianity is completed Judaism, or it is nothing

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...

King Louis Philippe once said to me that he attributed the great success of the...

King Louis Philippe once said to me that he attributed the great success of the...

The secret of success is constancy to purpose.

The secret of success is constancy to purpose.

The right honourable gentleman is reminiscent of a poker. The only difference is that a...

The right honourable gentleman is reminiscent of a poker. The only difference is that a...

The practice of politics in the East may be defined by one word: dissimulation.

The practice of politics in the East may be defined by one word: dissimulation.

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

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

There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations.

There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations.