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

Quote by Benjamin Disraeli

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Travel teaches toleration.

Travel teaches toleration.

I say that justice is truth in action.

I say that justice is truth in action.

The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his...

The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his...

Judaism is not complete without Christianity and without Judaism, Christianity would not exist

Judaism is not complete without Christianity and without Judaism, Christianity would not exist

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...

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...

The right honourable gentleman is reminiscent of a poker. The only difference is that a...

The right honourable gentleman is reminiscent of a poker. The only difference is that a...

The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.

The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.

I never deny. I never contradict. I sometimes forget.

I never deny. I never contradict. I sometimes forget.

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...

The fool wonders, the wise man asks.

The fool wonders, the wise man asks.

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...

Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.

Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.

Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.

Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.

A precedent embalms a principle.

A precedent embalms a principle.

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.

We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence and its only...

We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence and its only...

William Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect.

William Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect.

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...

We moralize among ruins.

We moralize among ruins.