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

Quote by Benjamin Disraeli

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The governments of the present day have to deal not merely with other governments, with...

The governments of the present day have to deal not merely with other governments, with...

Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard

Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard

Man is only great when he acts from passion.

Man is only great when he acts from passion.

A conservative government is an organized hypocrisy

A conservative government is an organized hypocrisy

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

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

The services in wartime are fit only for desperadoes, but in peace are only fit...

The services in wartime are fit only for desperadoes, but in peace are only fit...

Adventures are to the adventurous.

Adventures are to the adventurous.

Without publicity there can be no public support, and without public support every nation must...

Without publicity there can be no public support, and without public support every nation must...

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

Christianity is completed Judaism, or it is nothing

Christianity is completed Judaism, or it is nothing

The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches...

The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches...

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.

A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.

A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.

No enemy is so terrible as a man of genius.

No enemy is so terrible as a man of genius.

My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.

My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.

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.

Play is the beginning of knowledge.

Play is the beginning of knowledge.

A majority is always better than the best repartee.

A majority is always better than the best repartee.

I have been ever of opinion that revolutions are not to be evaded.

I have been ever of opinion that revolutions are not to be evaded.

I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.

I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.