Memorable Quotes and quotations from Benjamin DisraeliBenjamin Disraeli British politician (1804 - 1881)Benjamin Disraeli - Speech, Edinburgh (1867) - Change is inevitable. In a progressive country change is constant. Benjamin Disraeli - - It is knowledge that influences and equalizes the social condition of man; that gives to all, however different their political position, passions which are in common, and enjoyments which are universal. Benjamin Disraeli - - The difference of race is one of the reasons why I fear war may always exist; because race implies difference, difference implies superiority, and superiority leads to predominance. Benjamin Disraeli - - I repeat...that all power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the people, and for the people all springs, and all must exist. Benjamin Disraeli - - Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning. Benjamin Disraeli - - The wisdom of the wise, and the experience of ages, may be preserved by quotation. Benjamin Disraeli - - The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but to reveal to him his own. Benjamin Disraeli - - I feel a very unusual sensation - if it is not indigestion, I think it must be gratitude. Benjamin Disraeli - - The secret of success is constancy of purpose. Benjamin Disraeli - - Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours. Benjamin Disraeli - - As a general rule the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information. Benjamin Disraeli - - What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expected generally happens. Benjamin Disraeli - speech, January 24, 1860 - How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct. Benjamin Disraeli - - When men are pure, laws are useless; when men are corrupt, laws are broken. Benjamin Disraeli - - My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me. Benjamin Disraeli - - When we would prepare the mind by a forcible appeal, and opening quotation is a symphony precluding on the chords those tones we are about to harmonize. Benjamin Disraeli - Speech in the House of Commons, Mar. 3, 1845 - A conservative government is an organized hypocrisy. Benjamin Disraeli - - Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage. Benjamin Disraeli - - A man can know nothing of mankind without knowing something of himself. Self-knowledge is the property of that man whose passions have their full play, but who ponders over their results. Benjamin Disraeli - - Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action. Benjamin Disraeli - - Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter. Benjamin Disraeli - - It is easier to be critical than correct. Benjamin Disraeli - - The best way to become acquainted with a subject is to write a book about it. Benjamin Disraeli - - No government can be long secure without formidable opposition. Benjamin Disraeli - campaign speech at High Wycombe, England, November 27, 1832 - I am a Conservative to preserve all that is good in our constitution, a Radical to remove all that is bad. I seek to preserve property and to respect order, and I equally decry the appeal to the passions of the many or the prejudices of the few. Benjamin Disraeli - - Nurture your mind with great thoughts; to believe in the heroic makes heroes. Benjamin Disraeli - - My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me. Benjamin Disraeli - - Grief is the agony of an instant, the indulgence of grief the blunder of a life. Benjamin Disraeli - - We make our fortunes and call them fate. Benjamin Disraeli - - When we would prepare the mind by a forcible appeal, an opening quotation is a symphony preluding on the chords those tones we are about to harmonize. Benjamin Disraeli - - The most dangerous strategy is to jump a chasm in two leaps. Benjamin Disraeli - - The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can ever end. Benjamin Disraeli - - The fool wonders, the wise man asks. Benjamin Disraeli - - Ignorance never settles a question. Benjamin Disraeli - - There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics. Benjamin Disraeli - - Nurture your mind with great thoughts for you will never go any higher than what you think. Benjamin Disraeli - - The secret of success is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes. Benjamin Disraeli - - Great services are not canceled by one act or by one single error. Benjamin Disraeli - - Bore: one who has the power of speech but not the capacity for conversation. Benjamin Disraeli - Sybil, 1845 - To be conscious that you are ignorant is a great step to knowledge. Benjamin Disraeli - - When men are pure, laws are useless; when men are corrupt, laws are broken. Benjamin Disraeli - - The hare-brained chatter of irresponsible frivolity. Benjamin Disraeli - - Individuals may form communities, but it is institutions alone that can create a nation. Benjamin Disraeli - - Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them. Benjamin Disraeli - Speech at the House of Commons, January 24, 1860 - How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct. Benjamin Disraeli - - The secret of success is constancy to purpose. Benjamin Disraeli - - Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forgo an advantage. Benjamin Disraeli - - A precedent embalms a principle. Benjamin Disraeli - - Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for truth. Benjamin Disraeli - - Great services are not canceled by one act or by one single error. |
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