We moralize among ruins.

Quote by Benjamin Disraeli

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The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.

The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.

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

Life is too short to be little.

Life is too short to be little.

Life is too short to be small.

Life is too short to be small.

But what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is...

But what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is...

There is no gambling like politics.

There is no gambling like politics.

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

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

There is no education like adversity

There is no education like adversity

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...

Teach us that wealth is not elegance, that profusion is not magnificence, that splendor is...

Teach us that wealth is not elegance, that profusion is not magnificence, that splendor is...

Without tact you can learn nothing.

Without tact you can learn nothing.

What we anticipate seldom occurs, what we least expected generally happens.

What we anticipate seldom occurs, what we least expected generally happens.

Everyone likes flattery, and when you come to Royalty, you should lay it on with...

Everyone likes flattery, and when you come to Royalty, you should lay it on with...

Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.

Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.

Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.

Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.

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.

I repeat... that all power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise;...

I repeat... that all power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise;...

It is true you cannot eat freedom and you cannot power machinery with democracy. But...

It is true you cannot eat freedom and you cannot power machinery with democracy. But...

Evil is not power; it is ignorance and misuse of good.

Evil is not power; it is ignorance and misuse of good.

The release of atom power has changed everything except our way of thinking...the solution to...

The release of atom power has changed everything except our way of thinking...the solution to...