British - Statesman | December 21, 1804 - April 19, 1881
Nine-tenths of the existing books are nonsense and the clever books are the refutation of that nonsense.
Benjamin Disraeli
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There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations.
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I never deny. I never contradict. I sometimes forget.
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The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend.
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I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.
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Little things affect little minds.
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A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.
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The fool wonders, the wise man asks.
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To tax the community for the advantage of a class is not protection: it is plunder.
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There can be economy only where there is efficiency.
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Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent.
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There is no education like adversity.
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