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Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.
Benjamin Disraeli
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Statesman Quotes
Category:
British Statesman Quotes
Date of Birth:
December 21
,
1804
Date of Death:
April 19
,
1881
Nationality:
British
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The more you are talked about the less powerful you are.
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It is easier to be critical than correct.
Benjamin Disraeli
Little things affect little minds.
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Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.
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Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.
Benjamin Disraeli
There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations.
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Justice is truth in action.
Benjamin Disraeli
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