316 ordspråk av Benjamin Disraeli
Benjamin Disraeli
It is well known what a middle man is: he is a man who bamboozles one party and plunders the other
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It seems to me a barren thing this conservatism - an unhappy cross breed, the mule of politics that engenders nothing
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It was not reason that besieged Troy; it was not reason that sent forth the Saracen from the desert to conquer the world; that inspired the crusades; that instituted the monastic orders; it was not reason that produced the Jesuits; above all, it was not reason that created the French Revolution. Man is only great when he acts from the passions; never irresistible but when he appeals to the imagination.
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Judaism is not complete without Christianity and without Judaism, Christianity would not exist
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Justice is truth in action.
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King Louis Philippe once said to me that he attributed the great success of the British nation in political life to their talking politics after dinner.
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Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.
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Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness and with fervor.
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Life is too short to be small.
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Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen.
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Little things affect little minds
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London is a modern Babylon.
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London is a roost for every bird.
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Lord Salisbury and myself have brought you back peace - but a peace I hope with honour.
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Man is a being born to believe, and if no church comes forward with the title deeds of truth, he will find altars and idols in his own heart and his own imagination
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