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Lord Salisbury and myself hav...

Lord Salisbury and myself have brought you back peace--but a peace I hope with honour.

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

Nine-tenths of existing books...

Nine-tenths of existing books are nonsense, and the clever books are the refutation of that nonsense.

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

You asked me where I generall...

You asked me where I generally lived. In my workshop [i.e. in his study] in the mornings and always in the library in the evening. Books are companions even if you don’t open them.

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

The expected always happens ...

The expected always happens

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

There is no gambling like pol...

There is no gambling like politics. Nothing in which the power of circumstance is more evident.

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

Friendship is the gift of the...

Friendship is the gift of the gods, and the most precious boon to man.

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

Grief is the agony of an inst...

Grief is the agony of an instant. The indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

There is magic in the memory ...

There is magic in the memory of schoolboy friendships; it softens the heart, and even affects the nervous system of those who have no heart.

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

It is a great mistake to supp...

It is a great mistake to suppose that bribery and corruption, although they may be very convenient for gratifying the ambition or the vanity of individuals, have any great effect upon the fortunes or the power of parties. And it is a great mistake to suppose that bribery and corruption are means by which power can either be ob-tained or retained.

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

The first favourite was never...

The first favourite was never heard of, the second favourite was never seen after the distance post, all the ten-to-oners were in the rear, and a dark horse which had never been thought of, and which the careless St. James had never even observed in the list, rushed past the grand stand in sweeping triumph.

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

Eloquence is the child of kno...

Eloquence is the child of knowledge.

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

The art of conversation is to...

The art of conversation is to be prompt without being stubborn, to refute without argument, and to clothe great matters in a motley garb.

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

You will in due season find y...

You will in due season find your property is less valuable, and your freedom less complete.

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

That youthful fervor, which i...

That youthful fervor, which is sometimes called enthusiasm, but which is a heat of imagination subsequently discovered to be inconsistent with the experience of actual life.

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

I think there is nothing more...

I think there is nothing more lovely than the love of two beautiful women who are not envious of each other's charms.

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

Perseverance and tact are the...

Perseverance and tact are the two most important qualities for the individual who wants to move ahead.

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

The age does not believe in g...

The age does not believe in great men, because it does not possess any.

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

Beauty and health are the chi...

Beauty and health are the chief sources of happiness.

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

You have despoiled churches. ...

You have despoiled churches. You have threatened every corporation and endowment in the country. You have examined into everybodys affairs. You have criticised every profession and vexed every trade. No one is certain of his property, and nobody knows what duties he may have to perform to-morrow. This is the policy of confiscation as compared with that of concurrent endowment.

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

The feeling of satiety, almos...

The feeling of satiety, almost inseparable from large possessions, is a surer cause of misery than ungratified desires.

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

Десять кинозвезд, которые отлично поют

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Актеры — люди творческие, но кто бы мог подумать, что некоторые из них скрывают прекрасный голос. В эпоху раннего Голливуда актеров с музыкальными способностями было немало — это считалось скорее норм...

Мэрилин Монро, Ким Кардашьян и другие

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Неузнаваемая Ким Кардашьян в объективе фотографа Маркуса Клинко, 2009 год. Памела Андерсон в самой первой съёмке для журнала «Playboy», 1990. На фото голливудская актриса Dorothy Lamour и шимпанзе Джи...

Что стало с детьми-звездами: Рэдклифф и компания спустя годы

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Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
Остаться на вершине в Голливуде удаётся не каждому, особенно если путь начался в детстве. Одни актёры теряются из-за...

Жизнь за границей: как изменились судьбы 7 уехавших телеведущих

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

Кира Найтли, Деми Мур и другие

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....