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

Quote by Benjamin Disraeli

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We live in an age when to be young and to be indifferent can be...

We live in an age when to be young and to be indifferent can be...

I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?

I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?

Real politics are the possession and distribution of power.

Real politics are the possession and distribution of power.

No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition.

No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition.

Duty cannot exist without faith.

Duty cannot exist without faith.

Ignorance never settles a question

Ignorance never settles a question

Despair is the conclusion of fools.

Despair is the conclusion of fools.

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...

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.

We cannot learn men from books.

We cannot learn men from books.

Nine-tenths of the existing books are nonsense and the clever books are the refutation of...

Nine-tenths of the existing books are nonsense and the clever books are the refutation of...

Life is too short to be little.

Life is too short to be little.

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...

There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.

There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.

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

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

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...

The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of...

The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of...

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.

Age to women is like Kryptonite to Superman.

Age to women is like Kryptonite to Superman.

An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets, the...

An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets, the...

A wise man writes down what he thinks, a stupid man forgets what he thinks,...

A wise man writes down what he thinks, a stupid man forgets what he thinks,...