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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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...

Almost everything that is great has been done by youth.

Almost everything that is great has been done by youth.

Fear makes us feel our humanity.

Fear makes us feel our humanity.

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.

Real politics are the possession and distribution of power.

Real politics are the possession and distribution of power.

What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.

What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.

The people of England are the most enthusiastic in the world.

The people of England are the most enthusiastic in the world.

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...

There can be economy only where there is efficiency.

There can be economy only where there is efficiency.

He is a self-made man, very much in love with his creator.

He is a self-made man, very much in love with his creator.

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...

That fatal drollery called a representative government.

That fatal drollery called a representative government.

A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.

A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.

Adventures are to the adventurous

Adventures are to the adventurous

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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

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