“Be frank and explicit. That is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and to confuse the minds of others.”
More from Benjamin Disraeli on Wisdom
“The canter is a cure for every evil.”
“Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.”
“There is no index of character as sure as the voice.”
“How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.”
“The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but to reveal to him his own.”
“I am bound to furnish my antagonists with arguments but not with comprehension.”
“Little things affect little minds.”
“The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.”
“Ignorance never settles a question.”
“To be conscious that you are ignorant is a great step to knowledge.”
Others on Wisdom
Sun Tzu
30 quotes“Do not swallow bait offered by the enemy. Do not interfere with an army that is returning home.”
Dalai Lama
22 quotes“Compassion is the radicalism of our time.”
Cervantes
20 quotes“A closed mouth catches no flies.”
Aesop
19 quotes“Little by little does the trick.”
Confucius
19 quotes“The gem cannot be polished without friction nor man perfected without trials.”
Ben Franklin
18 quotes“Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.”
Napoleon
16 quotes“Ability is of little account without opportunity.”
Cicero
15 quotes“Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise wounds and pain.”
Khalil Gibran
14 quotes“Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge.”
George Washington
14 quotes“Let your Discourse with Men of Business be Short and Comprehensive.”
Rudyard Kipling
14 quotes“I keep six honest serving men. (They taught me all I know) Their names are What and Why and When and How and Where and...”
George R.R. Martin
14 quotes“This was how an enemy should be dealt with: with a dagger, not a declaration.”