Great services are not canceled by one act or by one single error.

—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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When men are pure, laws are useless; when men are corrupt, laws are broken.

—Benjamin Disraeli

All men by nature desire knowledge.

—Benjamin Disraeli

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

—Benjamin Disraeli

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

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Mistakes are a part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what they are: precious life lessons that can only be learned the hard way. Unless it's a fatal mistake, which, at least, others can learn from.

Nearly all marriages, even happy ones, are mistakes: in the sense that almost certainly (in a more perfect world, or even with a little more care in this very imperfect one) both partners might be found more suitable mates. But the real soul-mate is the one you are actually married to.

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A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

—George Bernard Shaw

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One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, there ain't nothin' can beat teamwork.

—Edward Abbey

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I don't think you understand how easy it is to make a mistake that will cost you forever.

—Sarah Dessen in Someone Like You

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