If the history of England be ever written by one who has the knowledge
and the courage,--and both qualities are equally requisite for the
undertaking,--the world will be more astonished than when reading
the Roman annals by Niebuhr.
-- Benjamin Disraeli (Earl Beaconsfield) (1805-1881)
-- Sybil, Book i, Chap. iii
and the courage,--and both qualities are equally requisite for the
undertaking,--the world will be more astonished than when reading
the Roman annals by Niebuhr.
-- Benjamin Disraeli (Earl Beaconsfield) (1805-1881)
-- Sybil, Book i, Chap. iii
Related:
- To be conscious that you are ignorant is a great step to knowledge.
Benjamin Disraeli (Earl Beaconsfield) (1805-1881) ... - The Egremonts had never said anything that was remembered,
or done anything that could be recalled. -- Benjamin... - Principle is ever my motto, not expediency.
-- Benjamin Disraeli (Earl Beaconsfield) (1805-1881)
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Sybil, Book ii, Chap.... - The Duke of Wellington brought to the post of first minister immortal
fame,
a quality of success which would almost seem to include... - Property has its duties as well as its rights.
-- Benjamin Disraeli (Earl Beaconsfield) (1805-1881)
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Sybil, Book ii, Chap.... - Mr. Kremlin was distinguished for ignorance; for he had only one idea,
and that was wrong. -- Benjamin Disraeli (Earl Beaconsfield)... - Only think of Cockie Graves having gone and done it!
Benjamin Disraeli (Earl Beaconsfield) (1805-1881) ... - That earliest shock in one's life which occurs to all of us;
which first makes us think. -- Benjamin Disraeli (Earl... - But what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not by calendars,
and each moment is a day, and the race a life. --...
