Where knowledge ends, religion begins

Quote by Benjamin Disraeli

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An author who speaks about his own books is almost as bad as a mother...

An author who speaks about his own books is almost as bad as a mother...

Nature, like man, sometimes weeps from gladness.

Nature, like man, sometimes weeps from gladness.

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...

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

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

Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he...

Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he...

Books are the curse of the human race.

Books are the curse of the human race.

Assassination has never changed the history of the world

Assassination has never changed the history of the world

Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm.

Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm.

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.

Youth is the trustee of prosperity.

Youth is the trustee of prosperity.

Damn your principles! Stick to your party.

Damn your principles! Stick to your party.

It is much easier to be critical than to be correct.

It is much easier to be critical than to be correct.

Worry - a God, invisible but omnipotent. It steals the bloom from the cheek and...

Worry - a God, invisible but omnipotent. It steals the bloom from the cheek and...

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;...

A man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely...

A man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely...

The Duke of Wellington brought to the post of first minister immortal fame, -a quality...

The Duke of Wellington brought to the post of first minister immortal fame, -a quality...

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.

Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.

Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.

Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.

Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.

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

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