Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expected generally happens.Benjamin Disraeli
It is much easier to be critical than to be correct.Benjamin Disraeli
What we anticipate seldom occurs what we least expected generally happens.Benjamin Disraeli
The hare - Brained chatter of irresponsible frivolity.Benjamin Disraeli
Nurture your mind with great thoughts for you will never go any higher than what you think.Benjamin Disraeli
The best way to become acquainted with a subject is to write a book about it.Benjamin Disraeli
The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can never end.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
Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.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
As a rule, he or she who has the most information will have the greatest success in life.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
Nurture your mind with great thoughts.Benjamin Disraeli
The fool wonders, the wise man asks.Benjamin Disraeli
When men are pure, laws are useless when men are corrupt, laws are broken.Benjamin Disraeli
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.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
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
Ignorance never settles a question.Benjamin Disraeli
We make our fortunes and call them fate.Benjamin Disraeli
Little things affect little minds.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
Assassination has never changed the history of the world.Benjamin Disraeli
Knowledge must be gained by ourselves. Mankind may supply us with the facts but the results, even if they agree with previous ones, must be the work of our mind.Benjamin Disraeli
My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.Benjamin Disraeli
Man is not the creature of circumstances. Circumstances are the creatures of men.Benjamin Disraeli
When men are pure, laws are useless; when men are corrupt, laws are broken.Benjamin Disraeli
Whenever is found what is called a paternal government, there is found state education. It has been discovered that the best way to ensure implicit obedience is to commence tyranny in the nursery.Benjamin Disraeli
Mediocrity can talk but it is for genius to observe.Benjamin Disraeli
Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.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
Bore: one who has the power of speech but not the capacity for conversation.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
I feel a very unusual sensation - If it is not indigestion, I think it must be gratitude.Benjamin Disraeli
Nurture your mind with great thoughts, For you will never go any higher that you think...Benjamin Disraeli
The secret of success is constancy of purpose.Benjamin Disraeli
Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.Benjamin Disraeli
