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

Quote by Benjamin Disraeli

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To supervise people, you must either surpass them in their accomplishments or despise them.

To supervise people, you must either surpass them in their accomplishments or despise them.

I feel a very unusual sensation - if it's not indigestion, I think it must...

I feel a very unusual sensation - if it's not indigestion, I think it must...

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...

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

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

There is no education like adversity.

There is no education like adversity.

London is a roost for every bird.

London is a roost for every bird.

A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.

A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.

Books are fatal: they are the curse of the human race. Nine-tenths of existing books...

Books are fatal: they are the curse of the human race. Nine-tenths of existing books...

As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has...

As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has...

Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears...

Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears...

Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.

Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.

The right honourable gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes. He...

The right honourable gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes. He...

Debt is a prolific mother of folly and of crime

Debt is a prolific mother of folly and of crime

We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only...

We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only...

Sir, I say that justice is truth in action

Sir, I say that justice is truth in action

Mediocrity can talk; but it is for genius to observe

Mediocrity can talk; but it is for genius to observe

Man is only great when he acts from passion.

Man is only great when he acts from passion.

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...

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

I once made love for an hour and fifteen minutes, but it was the night...

I once made love for an hour and fifteen minutes, but it was the night...

Just staying one day ahead of yesterday

Just staying one day ahead of yesterday