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Famous Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
“Accent and emphasis are the pith of reading; punctuation is but secondary.”
“I do not like giving advice: it is incurring an unnecessary responsibility.”
“Age is frequently beautiful, wisdom appearing like an aftermath.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)
Source: Coningsby: Or, The New Generation
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)
“In the study of the fine arts, they mutually assist each other.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)
Source: Curiosities of literature
“A parsimony of words prodigal of sense.”
Source: Curiosities of literature
“The Italians say it is not necessary to be a stag; but we ought not to be a tortoise.”
Source: Curiosities of literature
Source: The works of Benjamin Disraeli, earl of Beaconsfield: embracing novels, romances, plays, poems, biography, short stories and great speeches
“If confidence is a plant of slow growth, credit is one which matures much more slowly.”
Source: Contarini Fleming: A Romance
“Customs may not be as wise as laws, but they are always more popular.”
Source: Selected speeches, ed. by T.E. Kebbel
“A nation, as an individual, has duties to fulfill appointed by God and His moral law.”
Source: Lothair
“The unfortunate are always egotistical.”
Source: The works of Benjamin Disraeli, earl of Beaconsfield: embracing novels, romances, plays, poems, biography, short stories and great speeches
“Terror has its inspiration, as well as competition.”
Source: Works
Source: Wit and Wisdom of Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield: Collected from His Writings and Speeches
Source: Endymion
Source: Sybil: or, the two nations
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)
“There is no greater sin than to be trop prononce.”
Source: The Young Duke:
“Expediency is a law of nature. The camel is a wonderful animal, but the desert made the camel.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)
Source: Works
“Quit the world, and the world forgets you.”
Source: Sybil, Or, The Two Nations
“Female friendships are of rapid growth.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)
“Friendship is the gift of the gods, and the most precious boon to man.”
Source: Wit and Wisdom of Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield: Collected from His Writings and Speeches
Source: The Young Duke ... By B. Disraeli. A New Edition
Source: Wit and Wisdom
“Women carry a beautiful hand with them to the grave, when a beautiful face has long ago vanished.”
Source: Collected Edition of the Novels and Tales
“I have a great confidence in the revelations which holidays bring forth.”
Source: The works of Benjamin Disraeli, earl of Beaconsfield: embracing novels, romances, plays, poems, biography, short stories and great speeches
“Christianity teaches us to love our neighbor as ourself; modern society acknowledges no neighbor.”
Source: Lord George Bentinck: A Political Biography
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)
“Principle is ever my motto, no expediency.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)
Source: Curiosities of literature
“Religion should be the rule of life, not a casual incident in it.”
Source: Collected Edition of the Novels and Tales