The services in wartime are fit only for desperadoes, but in peace are only fit for fools.

Quote by Benjamin Disraeli

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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.

Without tact you can learn nothing.

Without tact you can learn nothing.

There can be economy only where there is efficiency.

There can be economy only where there is efficiency.

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

We moralize among ruins.

We moralize among ruins.

'A sound Conservative government,' said Taper, musingly. 'I understand: Tory men and Whig measures.'

'A sound Conservative government,' said Taper, musingly. 'I understand: Tory men and Whig measures.'

Play is the beginning of knowledge.

Play is the beginning of knowledge.

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...

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...

Experience is the child of Thought, and Thought is the child of Action. We cannot...

Experience is the child of Thought, and Thought is the child of Action. We cannot...

Moderation is the center wherein all philosophies, both human and divine, meet.

Moderation is the center wherein all philosophies, both human and divine, meet.

There is moderation even in excess.

There is moderation even in excess.

Nature, like man, sometimes weeps from gladness.

Nature, like man, sometimes weeps from gladness.

If a man be gloomy let him keep to himself. No one has the right...

If a man be gloomy let him keep to himself. No one has the right...

An author who speaks about his own books is almost as bad as a mother...

An author who speaks about his own books is almost as bad as a mother...

Youth is a blunder; manhood a struggle; old age a regret.

Youth is a blunder; manhood a struggle; old age a regret.

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.

The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.

The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.

Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.

Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.