The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes.

Quote by Benjamin Disraeli

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

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

We moralize among ruins.

We moralize among ruins.

The very phrase 'foreign affairs' makes an Englishman convinced that I am about to treat...

The very phrase 'foreign affairs' makes an Englishman convinced that I am about to treat...

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.

Assassination has never changed the history of the world

Assassination has never changed the history of the world

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.

There is no education like adversity.

There is no education like adversity.

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...

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.

Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

An obedient wife commands her husband

An obedient wife commands her husband

There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not...

There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not...

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...

Grief is the agony of an instant. The indulgence of grief the blunder of a...

Grief is the agony of an instant. The indulgence of grief the blunder of a...

The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.

The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.

Despair is the conclusion of fools.

Despair is the conclusion of fools.