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

Quote by Benjamin Disraeli

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Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends.

Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends.

You will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities...

You will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities...

No enemy is so terrible as a man of genius.

No enemy is so terrible as a man of genius.

The most noble criticism is that in which the critic is not the antagonist so...

The most noble criticism is that in which the critic is not the antagonist so...

Conservatism discards Prescription, shrinks from Principle, disavows Progress; having rejected all respect for antiquity, it...

Conservatism discards Prescription, shrinks from Principle, disavows Progress; having rejected all respect for antiquity, it...

War is never a solution; it is an aggravation.

War is never a solution; it is an aggravation.

Ignorance never settles a question

Ignorance never settles a question

Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation.

Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation.

Little things affect little minds.

Little things affect little minds.

We cannot learn men from books.

We cannot learn men from books.

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...

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...

If a man be gloomy let him keep to himself. No one has the right...

If a man be gloomy let him keep to himself. No one has the right...

There is no greater index of character so sure as the voice.

There is no greater index of character so sure as the voice.

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...

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...

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...

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.

Never give up. Almost nothing works the first time it's attempted. Just because what you're...

Never give up. Almost nothing works the first time it's attempted. Just because what you're...

God is glorified, not by our groans, but by our thanksgivings.

God is glorified, not by our groans, but by our thanksgivings.

Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by...

Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by...