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Quote by Benjamin Disraeli
The question is this: Is man an ape or an angel? I am on the side

The question is this: Is man an ape or an angel? I am on the side of the angels. – Benjamin Disraeli

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One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes. – Benjamin Disraeli

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Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds. – Benjamin Disraeli

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Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are and what they ought to be. – William Hazlitt, The English Comic Writers, 1819

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As long as people believe in absurdities they will continue to commit atrocities. – Voltaire

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In each generation the human mind in every man reverts to its starting-point; each new man is a primitive man. – Alexandre Vinet (1797–1847)

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It is human nature to stand in the middle of a thing. – Mariane Moore, “A Grave,” Collected Poems, 1951

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