Benjamin Disraeli Quotes on age

Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage... view

By: Benjamin Disraeli

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Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter... view

By: Benjamin Disraeli

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Finality is not the language of politics... view

By: Benjamin Disraeli

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

By: Benjamin Disraeli

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We live in an age when to be young and to be indifferent can be no longer synonymous. We must prepare for the coming hour. The claims of the Future are represented by suffering millions.. view

By: Benjamin Disraeli

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When a man fell into his anecdotage it was a sign for him to retire from the world... view

By: Benjamin Disraeli

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You will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities to be found in public life... view

By: Benjamin Disraeli

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The governments of the present day have to deal not merely with other governments, with emperors, kings and ministers, but also with the secret societies which have everywhere their unscrupulous agents, and can at the last moment upset all the governments' plans... view

By: Benjamin Disraeli

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The palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy... view

By: Benjamin Disraeli

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The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes... view

By: Benjamin Disraeli

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

By: Benjamin Disraeli

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A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest.. view

By: Benjamin Disraeli

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Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke... view

By: Benjamin Disraeli

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