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

Quote by Benjamin Disraeli

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Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.

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...

The right honourable gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes. He...

The right honourable gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes. He...

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...

It is much easier to be critical than to be correct.

It is much easier to be critical than to be correct.

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...

The secret to success is constancy to purpose.

The secret to success is constancy to purpose.

Whenever is found what is called a paternal government, there is found state education. It...

Whenever is found what is called a paternal government, there is found state education. It...

To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to...

To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to...

Man is only great when he acts from passion.

Man is only great when he acts from passion.

The greatest of all evils is a weak government.

The greatest of all evils is a weak government.

Adventures are to the adventurous.

Adventures are to the adventurous.

Change is inevitable. Change is constant.

Change is inevitable. Change is constant.

The devil is the author of confusion

The devil is the author of confusion

The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.

The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.

Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions

Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions

Were it not for music, we might in these days say, the beautiful is dead.

Were it not for music, we might in these days say, the beautiful is dead.

Increased means and increased leisure are the two civilizers of man

Increased means and increased leisure are the two civilizers of man

Almost everything that is great has been done by youth.

Almost everything that is great has been done by youth.

Without tact you can learn nothing.

Without tact you can learn nothing.