The right honourable gentleman is reminiscent of a poker. The only difference is that a poker gives off the occasional signs of warmth.

Quote by Benjamin Disraeli

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I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.

I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.

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...

That fatal drollery called a representative government.

That fatal drollery called a representative government.

Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than...

Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than...

The secret of success is constancy to purpose.

The secret of success is constancy to purpose.

A conservative government is an organized hypocrisy

A conservative government is an organized hypocrisy

Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.

Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.

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

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

Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.

Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.

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.

The secret to success is constancy to purpose.

The secret to success is constancy to purpose.

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...

We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets.

We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets.

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...

The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who...

The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who...

Man is truly great when he can act from his passions

Man is truly great when he can act from his passions

Without tact you can learn nothing.

Without tact you can learn nothing.

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

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

The majority see the obstacles; the few see the objectives; history records the successes of...

The majority see the obstacles; the few see the objectives; history records the successes of...

And why do we, who say we oppose tyranny and demand freedom of speech, allow...

And why do we, who say we oppose tyranny and demand freedom of speech, allow...