Famous Quotes by Benjamin Disraeli
Below are famous quotes by Benjamin Disraeli - British politician (1804 - 1881).
A man can know nothing of mankind without knowing something of himself. Self-knowledge is the property of that man whose passions have their full play, but who ponders over their results.
A precedent embalms a principle.
Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.
As a general rule the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.
Bore: one who has the power of speech but not the capacity for conversation.
Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them.
Great services are not canceled by one act or by one single error.
Grief is the agony of an instant, the indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.
I feel a very unusual sensation - if it is not indigestion, I think it must be gratitude.
I repeat...that all power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the people, and for the people all springs, and all must exist.
Ignorance never settles a question.
Individuals may form communities, but it is institutions alone that can create a nation.
It is easier to be critical than correct.
It is knowledge that influences and equalizes the social condition of man; that gives to all, however different their political position, passions which are in common, and enjoyments which are universal.
Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter.
My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.
Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for truth.
Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.
Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forgo an advantage.
No government can be long secure without formidable opposition.
Nurture your mind with great thoughts for you will never go any higher than what you think.
Nurture your mind with great thoughts; to believe in the heroic makes heroes.
Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.
Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.
The best way to become acquainted with a subject is to write a book about it.
The difference of race is one of the reasons why I fear war may always exist; because race implies difference, difference implies superiority, and superiority leads to predominance.
The fool wonders, the wise man asks.
The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but to reveal to him his own.
The hare-brained chatter of irresponsible frivolity.
The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can ever end.
The most dangerous strategy is to jump a chasm in two leaps.
The secret of success is constancy of purpose.
The secret of success is constancy to purpose.
The secret of success is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.
The wisdom of the wise, and the experience of ages, may be preserved by quotation.
There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
We make our fortunes and call them fate.
What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expected generally happens.
When men are pure, laws are useless; when men are corrupt, laws are broken.
When we would prepare the mind by a forcible appeal, an opening quotation is a symphony preluding on the chords those tones we are about to harmonize.
When we would prepare the mind by a forcible appeal, and opening quotation is a symphony precluding on the chords those tones we are about to harmonize.
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