“An amateur may not be an artist, though an artist should be an amateur.”
Source: Curiosities of literature
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Famous Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
“Religion should be the rule of life, not a casual incident in it.”
Source: Collected Edition of the Novels and Tales
“One should conquer the world, not to enthrone a man, but an idea; for ideas exist forever.”
Source: Tancred: Or, The New Crusade
Source: Collected Edition of the Novels and Tales by the Right Honorable B. Disraeli: Endymion
Source: Wit and Wisdom of Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield: Collected from His Writings and Speeches
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)
Source: Coningsby, etc
“A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.”
“We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets.”
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.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)
Source: 1876 to 1881
“I have always thought that every woman should marry, and no man.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)
“Nobody should ever look anxious except those who have no anxiety.”
Source: The works of Benjamin Disraeli, earl of Beaconsfield: embracing novels, romances, plays, poems, biography, short stories and great speeches