“I have been ever of opinion that revolutions are not to be evaded.”
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Famous Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
“Increased means and increased leisure are the two civilizers of man.”
“My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.”
Source: Lothair
“Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation.”
Source: Curiosities of literature
Source: The young duke. Count Alarcos
“The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.”
“The people of England are the most enthusiastic in the world.”
Source: The works of Benjamin Disraeli, earl of Beaconsfield: embracing novels, romances, plays, poems, biography, short stories and great speeches
“The services in wartime are fit only for desperadoes, but in peace are only fit for fools.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)
“There is moderation even in excess.”
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“There is no gambling like politics.”
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“Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends.”
Source: Works
“What is earnest is not always true; on the contrary error is often more earnest than truth.”
“When a man fell into his anecdotage it was a sign for him to retire from the world.”
Source: The Works of Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield, Embracing Novels, Romances, Plays, Poems, Biography, Short Stories and Great Speeches: Coningsby, v. 2. Selected speeches
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)
Source: Benjamin Disraeli Letters: 1848-1851
Source: Coningsby: Or, The New Generation
Source: Coningsby: Or, The New Generation
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Source: Lord Beaconsfield on the Constitution:
“There is no wisdom like frankness.”
Source: Sybil
“Without tact you can learn nothing.”
Source: The works of Benjamin Disraeli, earl of Beaconsfield: embracing novels, romances, plays, poems, biography, short stories and great speeches
“Is man an ape or an angel? Now I am on the side of the angels.”
“Amusement to an observing mind is study.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)
“He was one of these men who think that the world can be saved by writing a pamphlet.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)
“It is well-known what a middleman is: he is a man who bamboozles one party and plunders the other.”
Source: The Works of Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield, Embracing Novels, Romances, Plays, Poems, Biography, Short Stories and Great Speeches: Coningsby, v. 2. Selected speeches
“What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.”
Source: The works of Benjamin Disraeli, earl of Beaconsfield: embracing novels, romances, plays, poems, biography, short stories and great speeches
“Difficulties melt away under tact.”
Source: Tancred: Or, The New Crusade
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)