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At present the peace of the world has been preserved, not by statesmen, but by capitalists.
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Benjamin Disraeli

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Candor is the brightest gem of criticism.
Candor
Benjamin Disraeli

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Coalitions though successful have always found this, that their triumph has been brief.
Alliances
Benjamin Disraeli

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Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent.
Country
Benjamin Disraeli

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Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm.
Enthusiasm
Benjamin Disraeli

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Grief is the agony of an instant. The indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.
Grief
Benjamin Disraeli

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I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.
Planning
Benjamin Disraeli

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I have climbed to the top of the greasy pole!
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Benjamin Disraeli

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It destroys one's nerve to be amiable every day to the same human being.
Marriage
Benjamin Disraeli

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It is well-known what a middleman is: he is a man who bamboozles one party and plunders the other.
Agents
Benjamin Disraeli

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No affection and a great brain, these are the people to command the world.
Leaders and Leadership
Benjamin Disraeli

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

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The age of chivalry is past. Bores have succeeded to dragons.
Bores and Boredom
Benjamin Disraeli

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The art of governing mankind by deceiving them.
Politicians and Politics
Benjamin Disraeli

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The more you are talked about the less powerful you are.
Speakers and Speaking
Benjamin Disraeli

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The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.
Science and Scientists
Benjamin Disraeli

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The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.
Preparation
Benjamin Disraeli

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There can be economy only where there is efficiency.
Economy and Economics
Benjamin Disraeli

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There is no gambling like politics. Nothing in which the power of circumstance is more evident.
Politicians and Politics
Benjamin Disraeli

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We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end.
Love
Benjamin Disraeli

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Fortune has rarely condescended to be the companion of genius.
Genius
Isaac Disraeli

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It is a wretched taste to be gratified with mediocrity when the excellent lies before us.
Excellence
Isaac Disraeli

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Romance has been elegantly defined as the offspring of fiction and love.
Romance and Romanticism
Isaac Disraeli

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The wisdom of the wise, and the experience of ages, may be preserved by quotation.
Quotations
Isaac Disraeli

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The wise make proverbs, and fools repeat them.
Fools and Foolishness
Isaac Disraeli

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
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