Silence is the mother of truth.

Quote by Benjamin Disraeli

Topics: Silence Quotes, Truth Quotes

There is no education like adversity

There is no education like adversity

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

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

Man is only great when he acts from passion.

Man is only great when he acts from passion.

What we anticipate seldom occurs, what we least expected generally happens.

What we anticipate seldom occurs, what we least expected generally happens.

The greatest of all evils is a weak government.

The greatest of all evils is a weak government.

Man is made to adore and to obey: but if you will not command him,...

Man is made to adore and to obey: but if you will not command him,...

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

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

War is never a solution; it is an aggravation.

War is never a solution; it is an aggravation.

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.

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...

Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions

Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions

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.

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

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

Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation.

Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation.

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...

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...

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

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

As for our majority... one is enough.

As for our majority... one is enough.

Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.

Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.