We moralize among ruins.

Quote by Benjamin Disraeli

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That fatal drollery called a representative government.

That fatal drollery called a representative government.

Little things affect little minds.

Little things affect little minds.

A conservative government is an organized hypocrisy.

A conservative government is an organized hypocrisy.

Customs may not be as wise as laws, but they are always more popular

Customs may not be as wise as laws, but they are always more popular

There is no gambling like politics.

There is no gambling like politics.

The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity.

The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity.

Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are...

Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are...

Debt is a prolific mother of folly and of crime

Debt is a prolific mother of folly and of crime

An author who speaks about their own books is almost as bad as a mother...

An author who speaks about their own books is almost as bad as a mother...

Where knowledge ends, religion begins

Where knowledge ends, religion begins

Man is truly great when he can act from his passions

Man is truly great when he can act from his passions

Almost everything that is great has been done by youth.

Almost everything that is great has been done by youth.

Youth is a blunder; manhood a struggle; old age a regret.

Youth is a blunder; manhood a struggle; old age a regret.

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...

Adventures are to the adventurous.

Adventures are to the adventurous.

It seems to me a barren thing this conservatism - an unhappy cross breed, the...

It seems to me a barren thing this conservatism - an unhappy cross breed, the...

How very seldom do you encounter in the world a man of great abilities, acquirements,...

How very seldom do you encounter in the world a man of great abilities, acquirements,...

The very phrase 'foreign affairs' makes an Englishman convinced that I am about to treat...

The very phrase 'foreign affairs' makes an Englishman convinced that I am about to treat...

Moderation has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to...

Moderation has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to...

Worry - a God, invisible but omnipotent. It steals the bloom from the cheek and...

Worry - a God, invisible but omnipotent. It steals the bloom from the cheek and...