What is earnest is not always true; on the contrary, error is often more earnest than truth.

Quote by Benjamin Disraeli

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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...

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

Fame and power are the objects of all men. Even their partial fruition is gained...

Fame and power are the objects of all men. Even their partial fruition is gained...

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.

If you're not very clever you should be conciliatory.

If you're not very clever you should be conciliatory.

Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.

Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.

Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action

Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action

'A sound Conservative government,' said Taper, musingly. 'I understand: Tory men and Whig measures.'

'A sound Conservative government,' said Taper, musingly. 'I understand: Tory men and Whig measures.'

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

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

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.

Life is too short to be little.

Life is too short to be little.

To tax the community for the advantage of a class is not protection: it is...

To tax the community for the advantage of a class is not protection: it is...

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...

No enemy is so terrible as a man of genius.

No enemy is so terrible as a man of genius.

The best security for civilization is the dwelling, and upon properly appointed and becoming dwellings...

The best security for civilization is the dwelling, and upon properly appointed and becoming dwellings...

What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.

What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.

A conservative government is an organized hypocrisy.

A conservative government is an organized hypocrisy.

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;...

Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have.

Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have.

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a...

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a...