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

Quote by Benjamin Disraeli

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Conservatism discards Prescription, shrinks from Principle, disavows Progress; having rejected all respect for antiquity, it...

Conservatism discards Prescription, shrinks from Principle, disavows Progress; having rejected all respect for antiquity, it...

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...

The fool wonders, the wise man asks.

The fool wonders, the wise man asks.

Where knowledge ends, religion begins.

Where knowledge ends, religion begins.

Never take anything for granted.

Never take anything for granted.

It destroys one's nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being.

It destroys one's nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being.

How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.

How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.

The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians.

The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians.

There is no education like adversity.

There is no education like adversity.

An obedient wife commands her husband

An obedient wife commands her husband

Judaism is not complete without Christianity and without Judaism, Christianity would not exist

Judaism is not complete without Christianity and without Judaism, Christianity would not exist

We live in an age when to be young and to be indifferent can be...

We live in an age when to be young and to be indifferent can be...

Youth is the trustee of prosperity.

Youth is the trustee of prosperity.

There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations.

There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations.

London is a roost for every bird.

London is a roost for every bird.

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

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

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...

There is no gambling like politics.

There is no gambling like politics.

There can be economy only where there is efficiency.

There can be economy only where there is efficiency.

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...