There is moderation even in excess.

Quote by Benjamin Disraeli

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

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

I never deny. I never contradict. I sometimes forget.

I never deny. I never contradict. I sometimes forget.

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

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

A man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely...

A man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely...

Man is made to adore and to obey: but if you will not command him,...

Man is made to adore and to obey: but if you will not command him,...

For life in general, there is but one decree; youth is a blunder, manhood a...

For life in general, there is but one decree; youth is a blunder, manhood a...

Mediocrity can talk; but it is for genius to observe

Mediocrity can talk; but it is for genius to observe

Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in...

Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in...

Perseverance and tact are the two great qualities most valuable for all men who would...

Perseverance and tact are the two great qualities most valuable for all men who would...

We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence and its only...

We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence and its only...

Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than...

Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than...

Christianity is completed Judaism, or it is nothing

Christianity is completed Judaism, or it is nothing

Silence is the mother of truth.

Silence is the mother of truth.

Genius, when young, is divine.

Genius, when young, is divine.

We cannot learn men from books.

We cannot learn men from books.

Ignorance never settle a question.

Ignorance never settle a question.

A conservative government is an organized hypocrisy

A conservative government is an organized hypocrisy

Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he...

Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he...

Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.

Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.

Two nations between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy; who are as ignorant...

Two nations between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy; who are as ignorant...