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Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.
Benjamin Disraeli
Power
Control
Circumstances
Characters do not change. Opinions alter, but characters are only developed.
Benjamin Disraeli
Change
Opinions
Change is inevitable. Change is constant.
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Change
Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds.
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Man
May
Succeed
As for our majority... one is enough.
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Majority
Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
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Mother
Diligence
Fortune
Assassination has never changed the history of the world.
Benjamin Disraeli
History
Assassination
World
Conservatism discards Prescription, shrinks from Principle, disavows Progress; having rejected all respect for antiquity, it offers no redress for the present, and makes no preparation for the future.
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Progress
Conservatism
Future
Preparation
Present
Respect
Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.
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Courage
Fire
Damn your principles! Stick to your party.
Benjamin Disraeli
Party
As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.
Benjamin Disraeli
Life
Successful
Information
Man
Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.
Benjamin Disraeli
Genius
Desperation
Duty cannot exist without faith.
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Faith
Duty
Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.
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Successful
Man
Right
Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm.
Benjamin Disraeli
Genius
Enthusiasm
Production