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• Man is not the creature of circumstances. Circumstances are the creatures of men.
  -- Benjamin Disraeli (Earl Beaconsfield) (1805-1881) -- Vivian Grey, Book vi, Chap. vii...
• The disappointment of manhood succeeds to the delusion of youth
  let us hope that the heritage of old age is not despair....
• The Duke of Wellington brought to the post of first minister immortal fame,--a quality of success which would almost seem to include all others.
  -- Benjamin Disraeli (Earl Beaconsfield) (1805-1881) -- Sybil, Book i, Chap. iii...
• That earliest shock in one's life which occurs to all of u
  which first makes us think. -- Benjamin Disraeli (Earl Beaconsfield) (1805-1881) -- Sybil, Book i, Chap....
• The world is a wheel, and it will all come round right.
  -- Benjamin Disraeli (Earl Beaconsfield) (1805-1881) -- Endymion, Chap. lxx...
• To be conscious that you are ignorant is a great step to knowledge.
  -- Benjamin Disraeli (Earl Beaconsfield) (1805-1881) -- Sybil, Book i, Chap. v...
• The first favourite was never heard of, the second favourite was never seen after the distance po
  all the ten-to-oners were in the rear, and a dark horse -- Benjamin Disraeli (Earl Beaconsfield) (1805-1881) -- The Young Duke, Book i, Chap....
• Property has its duties as well as its rights. -- Benjamin Disraeli (Earl Beaconsfield) (1805-1881) -- Sybil, Book ii, Chap.
  xi...
• Only think of Cockie Graves having gone and done it!
  -- Benjamin Disraeli (Earl Beaconsfield) (1805-1881) -- Sybil, Book i, Chap. ii...