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

A precedent embalms a principle. – Benjamin Disraeli

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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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He who would be a man must therefore be a non-conformist. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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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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What greater reassurance can the weak have than that they are like anyone else? – Eric Hoffer

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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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