Perseverance and tact are the two most important qualities for the ind…

Benjamin Disraeli
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Perseverance and tact are the two most important qualities for the individual who wants to move ahead.
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Individuals may form communities, but it is institutions alone that can create a nation. ✨ Benjamin Disraeli (2016). Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated), p.5014, Delphi Classics
He who anticipates his century is generally persecuted when living, and always pilfered when dead. ✨ Benjamin Disraeli (2016). Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated), p.331, Delphi … ▶
Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel. ✨ To Matthew Arnold, in G. W. E. Russell 'Collections and Recollections' (1898) ch. 23
Without dancing you can never attain a perfectly graceful carriage, which is of the highest importance in life. ✨ Benjamin Disraeli (1846). Contarini Fleming: A Romance, p.99
A dark horse, which had never been thought of, rushed past the grandstand in sweeping triumph. ✨ Benjamin Disraeli, (1992). The Sayings of Disraeli, p.45, Gerald Duckworth & Co

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