Quote by Benjamin Disraeli
A precedent embalms a principle. - Benjamin Disraeli

A precedent embalms a principle. – Benjamin Disraeli

Other quotes by Benjamin Disraeli

A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art. – Benjamin Disraeli

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Art
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Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen. – Benjamin Disraeli

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Travel
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What is earnest is not always true on the contrary, error is often more earnest than truth. – Benjamin Disraeli

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Truth
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Other Quotes from
Tradition
category

Whether he is aware of it or not, every human being dwells in tradition and history. Human memory is this constant dwelling in tradition. It constitutes that fundamental human characteristic of historicity. – Medard Boss

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Tradition

I felt theres a wealth in Jewish tradition, a great inheritance. Id be a jerk not to take advantage of it. – Herman Wouk

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Tradition

There is nothing in the world more stubborn than a corpse: you can hit it, you can knock it to pieces, but you cannot convince it. – Alexander Herzen

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Tradition

It cannot be inherited, and if you want it you must obtain it by great labor. – TS (Thomas Stearns) Eliot

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Tradition

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I can change a tire, but I couldnt change a fuse on the computer panel on my car. – Mike OMalley

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Never lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are books that other folks have lent me. – Anatole France

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Books

Friendship is essentially a partnership. – Aristotle

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The problem with marriage is that it ends every night after making love, and it must be rebuilt every morning before breakfast. – Gabriel García Márquez

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