To be conscious that you are ignorant is a great step to knowledge.

—Benjamin Disraeli

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Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield (born Benjamin D'Israeli; 21 December 1804 – 19 April 1881), was a British statesman, Conservative politician and writer who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He played a central role in the creation of the modern Conservative Party, defining its policies...

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Ignorance never settles a question.

—Benjamin Disraeli

The whole point in bein' a hero is to do somethin' greater than yerself. It'd be easy to do it for the glory or the girls. We're bigger men than that.

—Benjamin Disraeli

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

—Benjamin Disraeli

Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them.

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How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.

—Benjamin Disraeli

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