There is no education like adversity.

Quote by Benjamin Disraeli

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He was distinguished for ignorance; for he had only one idea, and that was wrong

He was distinguished for ignorance; for he had only one idea, and that was wrong

You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.

You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.

There is moderation even in excess.

There is moderation even in excess.

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...

Mediocrity can talk, but it is for genius to observe.

Mediocrity can talk, but it is for genius to observe.

That fatal drollery called a representative government.

That fatal drollery called a representative government.

Damn your principles! Stick to your party.

Damn your principles! Stick to your party.

The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and...

The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and...

The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.

The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.

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

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

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

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

Adventures are to the adventurous.

Adventures are to the adventurous.

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...

We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets.

We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets.

When a man fell into his anecdotage it was a sign for him to retire...

When a man fell into his anecdotage it was a sign for him to retire...

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.

I feel a very unusual sensation - if it's not indigestion, I think it must...

I feel a very unusual sensation - if it's not indigestion, I think it must...

The view of Jerusalem is the history of the world; it is more, it is...

The view of Jerusalem is the history of the world; it is more, it is...

The palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy.

The palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy.

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

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