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“There are few faces that can afford to smile: a smile is sometimes bewitching, in general vapid, often a contortion.”

Quote by Benjamin Disraeli

Book:Collected Edition of the Novels and Tales

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Collected Edition of the Novels and Tales

This compilation brings together a selection of novels and tales, showcasing a range of literary styles and narratives. more

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Benjamin Disraeli

Benjamin Disraeli was a prominent British politician who served as the Leader of the House of Commons. Born on December 21, 1804, in London, he passed away on April 19, 1881. Disraeli was known for his political acumen, oratory skills, and literary achievements. more

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“Popular privileges are consistent with a state of society in which there is great inequality of position. Democratic rights, on the contrary, demand that there should be equality of condition as the fundamental basis of the society they regulate.”

Should States Rights Society Conditions Position Demand Bases Fundamentals Democratic Privilege Contrary Inequality Consistent Democratic Rights

Book:Wit and Wisdom of Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield: Collected from His Writings and Speeches

Source: Wit and Wisdom of Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield: Collected from His Writings and Speeches

“The eyes of the social herd, who always observe little things, and generally form from them their opinions of great affairs.”

Littles Eye Form Social Opinion Society Affair Little Things Herds

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)

“As we retain but a faint remembrance of our felicity, it is but fair that the smartest stroke of sorrow should, if bitter, at least be brief.”

Ifs Should Sorrow Fairs Bitter Strokes Remembrance Felicity

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)

“An author can have nothing truly his own but his style.”

Style Posterity

Author:Benjamin Disraeli

“The sympathy of sorrow is stronger than the sympathy of prosperity.”

Sorrow Stronger Prosperity Sympathy

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)

“The difference between talent and genius is this: while the former usually develops some special branch of our faculties, the latter commands them all. When the former is combined with tact, it is often more than a match for the latter.”

Differences Special Talent Genius Command Former Branches Latter Faculty Tact Talent And Genius

Author:Benjamin Disraeli

“Taste, when once obtained, may be said to be no acquiring faculty, and must remain stationary; but knowledge is of perpetual growth and has infinite demands. Taste, like an artificial canal, winds through a beautiful country, but its borders are confined and its term is limited. Knowledge navigates the ocean, and is perpetually on voyages of discovery.”

Source: Curiosities of literature

“There is a thread in our thoughts as there is a pulse in our feelings; he who can hold the one knows how to think, and he who can move the other knows how to feel.”

Thinking Knows Feels Feelings Moving Know How Thread Our Thoughts Pulse

Author:Benjamin Disraeli

“Twilight makes us pensive; Aurora is the goddess of activity; despair curses at midnight; hope blesses at noon.”

Activity Despair Curse Bless Goddess Twilight Midnight Noon Aurora Pensive

Book:The Young Duke ... By B. Disraeli. A New Edition

Source: The Young Duke ... By B. Disraeli. A New Edition

“Whatever they did, the Elysians were careful never to be vehement.”

Careful Vehemence Vehement

Book:Collected Edition of the Novels and Tales

Source: Collected Edition of the Novels and Tales