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The difference between a misfortune and a calamity is this: If Gladstone fell into the Thames, it would be a misfortune. But if someone dragged him out again, that would be a calamity. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#between #calamity #difference #dragged #fell

There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#life #like #making #time #waste

A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#liberty #light #place #should #university

Nature, like man, sometimes weeps from gladness. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#like #man #nature #sometimes #weeps

Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#merit #plagiarists #preservation

There is a difficult leap between talking about balancing the budget and actually doing it. ↗

— Kevin Brady

#actually #balancing #between #budget #difficult

We live in an age when to be young and to be indifferent can be no longer synonymous. We must prepare for the coming hour. The claims of the Future are represented by suffering millions; and the Youth of a Nation are the trustees of Posterity. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#claims #coming #future #hour #indifferent

If God had wanted man to play soccer, he wouldn't have given us arms. ↗

— Mike Ditka

#given #god #had #man #play

That the Jews assumed a right exclusively to the benefits of God will be a lasting witness against them and the same will it be against Christians. ↗

— William Blake

#assumed #benefits #christians #exclusively #god

We have a strange and wonderful relationship - he's strange and I'm wonderful. ↗

— Mike Ditka

#relationship #strange #wonderful