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Benjamin "Dizzy" Disraeli
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"To be conscious that you are ignorant is a great step to knowledge." -
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Benjamin "Dizzy" Disraeli
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Top 5 quotes from Benjamin "Dizzy" Disraeli
"Knowledge must be gained by ourselves. Mankind may supply us with the facts; but the results, even if they agree with previous ones, must be the work of our mind."
"We live in an age when to be young and indifferent can no longer be synonymous. We must prepare for the coming hour. The claims of the Future are represented by suffering millions; and the Youth of a Nation are the trustees of Posterity."
"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."
"Man is not the creature of circumstances. Circumstances are the creatures of men."
"Said Waldershare, 'Sensible men are all of the same religion.' 'And pray what is that?' ... 'Sensible men never tell.'"
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"A man running for office puts me in mind of a dog that's lost--he smells everybody he meets, and wags himself all over."
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"The man whose only pleasure in life is making money, weighs less on the moral scale than an angleworm."
"Some folks as they grow older grow wise, but most folks simply grow stubborner."
"How do you know so much about everything? was asked of a very wise and intelligent man; and the answer was 'By never being afraid or ashamed to ask questions as to anything of which I was ignorant."
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