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Famous Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
“A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)
“The fool wonders, the wise man asks.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)
“We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)
“Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.”
Source: Benjamin Disraeli Letters: 1852-1856
“Grief is the agony of an instant. The indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)
“Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)
“The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians.”
“There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations.”
Source: Selected speeches, ed. by T.E. Kebbel
“Things must be done by parties, not by persons using parties as tools.”
“Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.”
“Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.”
Source: The works of Benjamin Disraeli, earl of Beaconsfield: embracing novels, romances, plays, poems, biography, short stories and great speeches
“Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)
“To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.”
“Genius, when young, is divine.”
Source: Coningsby: Or, The New Generation
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)
“No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition.”
“The more you are talked about the less powerful you are.”
Source: Collected Edition of the Novels and Tales by the Right Honorable B. Disraeli: Endymion
“Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.”
Source: The works of Benjamin Disraeli, earl of Beaconsfield: embracing novels, romances, plays, poems, biography, short stories and great speeches
Source: Coningsby, etc
“Characters do not change. Opinions alter, but characters are only developed.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)
“Real politics are the possession and distribution of power.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)
“The practice of politics in the East may be defined by one word: dissimulation.”
“Adventures are to the adventurous.”
Source: Wit and Wisdom of Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield: Collected from His Writings and Speeches
“Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent.”
“London is a roost for every bird.”
Source: Lothair
“Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)
“The palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy.”
Source: The Sayings of Disraeli
“A majority is always better than the best repartee.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)
“Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel.”
“He was distinguished for ignorance; for he had only one idea, and that was wrong.”