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Quote by Benjamin Disraeli
The services in wartime are fit only for desperadoes, but in peace

The services in wartime are fit only for desperadoes, but in peace are only fit for fools. – Benjamin Disraeli

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All of us encounter, at least once in our life, some individual who utters words that make us think forever. There are men whose phrases are oracles; who can condense in one sentence the secrets of life; who blurt out an aphorism that forms a character, or illustrates an existence. – Benjamin Disraeli

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