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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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...

There is no index of character so sure as the voice.

There is no index of character so sure as the voice.

My objection to Liberalism is this -- that it is the introduction into the practical...

My objection to Liberalism is this -- that it is the introduction into the practical...

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...

When a man fell into his anecdotage it was a sign for him to retire...

When a man fell into his anecdotage it was a sign for him to retire...

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...

We cannot learn men from books.

We cannot learn men from books.

I have brought myself, by long meditation, to the conviction that a human being with...

I have brought myself, by long meditation, to the conviction that a human being with...

Despair is the conclusion of fools

Despair is the conclusion of fools

There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.

There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.

Sweet is the voice of a sister in the season of sorrow.

Sweet is the voice of a sister in the season of sorrow.

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...

Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.

Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.

Nurture your mind with great thoughts; to believe in the heroic makes heroes

Nurture your mind with great thoughts; to believe in the heroic makes heroes

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...

There is no education like adversity

There is no education like adversity

The devil is the author of confusion

The devil is the author of confusion

There is no gambling like politics.

There is no gambling like politics.

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us....

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us....

Put three Zionists in a room and they will form four political parties.

Put three Zionists in a room and they will form four political parties.