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There is no education like adversity. (Benjamin Disraeli)
I have brought myself, by long meditation, to the conviction that a human being with a settled purpose must accomplish it, and that nothing can resist a will which will stake even existence upon its fulfillment. View quote
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Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure. View quote
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Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth. View quote
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The best way to become acquainted with a subject is to write about it. View quote
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Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones. View quote
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Despair is the conclusion of fools. View quote
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Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning. View quote
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Where knowledge ends, religion begins. View quote
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We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets. View quote
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Never take anything for granted. (Benjamin Disraeli)
Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke. View quote
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Moderation has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to console undistinguished people for their want of fortune and their lack of merit. View quote
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I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best. View quote
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Silence is the mother of truth. View quote
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Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends. View quote
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The practice of politics in the East may be defined by one word: dissimulation. View quote
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My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me. View quote
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I must follow the people. Am I not their leader? View quote
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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 quote
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Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory. (Benjamin Disraeli)
You know who the critics are? The men who have failed in literature and art. View quote
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Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius. View quote
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Fear makes us feel our humanity. View quote
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The view of Jerusalem is the history of the world; it is more, it is the history of earth and of heaven. View quote
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