Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
Ignorance never settles a question.Benjamin Disraeli
The wisdom of the wise, and the experience of ages, may be preserved by quotation.Benjamin Disraeli
Sir, I say that justice is truth in action.Benjamin Disraeli
The hare - Brained chatter of irresponsible frivolity.Benjamin Disraeli
I never deny, I never contradict. I sometimes forget.Benjamin Disraeli
I must follow the people. Am I not their leade.Benjamin Disraeli
Nurture your mind with great thoughts to believe in the heroic makes heroes.Benjamin Disraeli
The most dangerous strategy is to jump a chasm in two leaps.Benjamin Disraeli
The best way to become acquainted with a subject is to write a book about it.Benjamin Disraeli
Bore: one who has the power of speech but not the capacity for conversation.Benjamin Disraeli
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.Benjamin Disraeli
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.Benjamin Disraeli
We live in an age when to be young and indifferent can no longer be synonymous. We must prepare for the coming hour. The claims of the Future are represented by suffering millions and the Youth of a Nation are the trustees of Posterity.Benjamin Disraeli
What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expected generally happens.Benjamin Disraeli
Nurture your mind with great thoughts, For you will never go any higher that you think...Benjamin Disraeli
We make our fortunes and call them fate.Benjamin Disraeli
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.Benjamin Disraeli
Individuals may form communities, but it is institutions alone that can create a nation.Benjamin Disraeli
The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but to reveal to him his own.Benjamin Disraeli
It is easier to be critical than correct.Benjamin Disraeli
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.Benjamin Disraeli
There is an art of reading, as well as an art of thinking, and an art of writing.Benjamin Disraeli
The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can never end.Benjamin Disraeli
Conservatism discards Prescription, shrinks from Principle, disavows Progress having rejected all respect for antiquity, it offers no redress for the present, and makes no preparation for the future.Benjamin Disraeli
Every great decision creates ripples - - Like a huge boulder dropped in a lake. The ripples merge, rebound off the banks in unforseeable ways. The heavier the decision, the larger the waves, the more uncertain the consequences.Benjamin Disraeli
Little things affect little minds.Benjamin Disraeli
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.Benjamin Disraeli
Nothing can resist the human will that will stake even its existence on its stated purpose.Benjamin Disraeli
Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.Benjamin Disraeli
I am a Conservative to preserve all that is good in our constitution, a Radical to remove all that is bad. I seek to preserve property and to respect order, and I equally decry the appeal to the passions of the many of the prejudices of the few.Benjamin Disraeli
As a general rule the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.Benjamin Disraeli
The secret of success is constancy to purpose.Benjamin Disraeli
The fool wonders, the wise man asks.Benjamin Disraeli
Nurture your mind with great thoughts for you will never go any higher than what you think.Benjamin Disraeli
No government can be long secure without formidable opposition.Benjamin Disraeli
I feel a very unusual sensation - If it is not indigestion, I think it must be gratitude.Benjamin Disraeli
The secret of success is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.Benjamin Disraeli