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Famous Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
“One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.”
“Man is only great when he acts from passion.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)
“You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)
“As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.”
Source: Endymion
“No man is regular in his attendance at the House of Commons until he is married.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)
“The fool wonders, the wise man asks.”
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
“Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)
Source: Coningsby, etc
“Increased means and increased leisure are the two civilizers of man.”
“When a man fell into his anecdotage it was a sign for him to retire from the world.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)
Source: Coningsby: Or, The New Generation
Source: Coningsby: Or, The New Generation
“Is man an ape or an angel? Now I am on the side of the angels.”
“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
“A great thing is a great book; but a greater thing than all is the talk of a great man.”
Source: The works of Benjamin Disraeli, earl of Beaconsfield: embracing novels, romances, plays, poems, biography, short stories and great speeches
Source: Coningsby: Or, The New Generation
“When men are young, they want experience and when they have gained experience, they want energy.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)
“A practical man is a man who practices the errors of his forefathers.”
“I have always thought that every woman should marry, and no man.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)
“The conduct of men depends upon their temperament, not upon a bunch of musty maxims.”
“Modern science has vindicated the natural equality of man.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)
Source: The Novels and Tales of the Right Hon. B. Disraeli, M.P.