The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.

Quote by Benjamin Disraeli

Topics: Wisdom Quotes

Damn your principles! Stick to your party.

Damn your principles! Stick to your party.

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

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

Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time

Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time

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

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

We make our own fortunes and we call them fate

We make our own fortunes and we call them fate

There is moderation even in excess.

There is moderation even in excess.

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...

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

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...

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.

Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.

Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.

One of the hardest things in this world is to admit you are wrong. And...

One of the hardest things in this world is to admit you are wrong. And...

Play is the beginning of knowledge.

Play is the beginning of knowledge.

Despair is the conclusion of fools.

Despair is the conclusion of fools.

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

Fame and power are the objects of all men. Even their partial fruition is gained...

Fame and power are the objects of all men. Even their partial fruition is gained...

An obedient wife commands her husband

An obedient wife commands her husband

There are three types of lies; lies, damn lies, and statistics.

There are three types of lies; lies, damn lies, and statistics.

What need I fear of thee? But yet I'll make assurance double sure, and take...

What need I fear of thee? But yet I'll make assurance double sure, and take...

A lie does not consist in the indirect position of words, but in the desire...

A lie does not consist in the indirect position of words, but in the desire...

Definition of Statistics: The science of producing unreliable facts from reliable figures.

Definition of Statistics: The science of producing unreliable facts from reliable figures.

Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism...

Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism...