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The eyes of the social herd, w...

The eyes of the social herd, who always observe little things, and generally form from them their opinions of great affairs.

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

As we retain but a faint remem...

As we retain but a faint remembrance of our felicity, it is but fair that the smartest stroke of sorrow should, if bitter, at least be brief.

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

An author can have nothing tru...

An author can have nothing truly his own but his style.

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

The sympathy of sorrow is stro...

The sympathy of sorrow is stronger than the sympathy of prosperity.

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

The difference between talent ...

The difference between talent and genius is this: while the former usually develops some special branch of our faculties, the latter commands them all. When the former is combined with tact, it is often more than a match for the latter.

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

Taste, when once obtained, may...

Taste, when once obtained, may be said to be no acquiring faculty, and must remain stationary; but knowledge is of perpetual growth and has infinite demands. Taste, like an artificial canal, winds through a beautiful country, but its borders are confined and its term is limited. Knowledge navigates the ocean, and is perpetually on voyages of discovery.

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

There is a thread in our thoug...

There is a thread in our thoughts as there is a pulse in our feelings; he who can hold the one knows how to think, and he who can move the other knows how to feel.

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

Twilight makes us pensive; Aur...

Twilight makes us pensive; Aurora is the goddess of activity; despair curses at midnight; hope blesses at noon.

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

Whatever they did, the Elysian...

Whatever they did, the Elysians were careful never to be vehement.

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

The character of a woman rapid...

The character of a woman rapidly develops after marriage, and sometimes seems to change, when in fact it is only complete.

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

Everything in this world depen...

Everything in this world depends upon will.

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

You must not contrast too stro...

You must not contrast too strongly the hours of courtship with the years of possession.

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

To be famous when you are youn...

To be famous when you are young is the fortune of the gods.

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

Cosmopolitan critics, men who ...

Cosmopolitan critics, men who are the friends of every country save their own.

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

Conservatism... offers no redr...

Conservatism... offers no redress for the present, and makes no preparation for the future.

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

The expected always happens...

The expected always happens

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

An obedient wife commands her ...

An obedient wife commands her husband.

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I rather like bad wine; one ge...

I rather like bad wine; one gets so bored with good wine.

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

The tone and tendency of liber...

The tone and tendency of liberalism...is to attack the institutions of the country under the name of reform and to make war on the manners and customs of the people under the pretext of progress.

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

One of the hardest things in t...

One of the hardest things in this world is to admit you are wrong. And nothing is more helpful in resolving a situation than its frank admission.

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

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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...

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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....