Benjamin Disraeli Quotes

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• The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes.

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  Nwo, World Government, Order

  Benjamin Disraeli (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)”, p.2513, Delphi Classics

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• There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour.

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  Party, Political, Politics

  Benjamin Disraeli (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)”, p.159, Delphi Classics

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  There is no education like adversity.

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  Education, Teacher, Motivation

  Benjamin Disraeli (19??). “Endymion”

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• Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.

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  Inspirational, Funny, Motivational

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• Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day; teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime; give a man religion and he will die praying for a fish.

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  Atheist, Men, Teach A Man To Fish

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• The tone and tendency of liberalism...is to attack the institutions of the country under the name of reform and to make war on the manners and customs of the people under the pretext of progress.

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  Country, War, Names

  Benjamin Disraeli (Earl of Beaconsfield) (1886). “Wit and Wisdom of Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield: Collected from His Writings and Speeches”

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• The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.

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  Inspirational, Friendship, Success

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• Governments do not govern, but merely control the machinery of government, being themselves controlled by the hidden hand.

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  Government, Hands, Self Control

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  There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.

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  Funny, Witty, Truth

  Attributed to Disraeli by Mark Twain in his 'Autobiography' (1924) vol. 1, p. 246

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  Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

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  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Benjamin Disraeli (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)”, p.4990, Delphi Classics

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• The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.

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  Inspirational, Wise, Wisdom

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• A female friend, amiable, clever, and devoted, is a possession more valuable than parks and palaces; and without such a muse, few men can succeed in life, none be contented.

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  Friends, Clever, Men

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• Youth is a blunder; Manhood a struggle, Old Age a regret.

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  Birthday, Time, Regret

  'Coningsby' (1844) bk. 3, ch. 1

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  Never complain and never explain.

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  Political, Advice, Complaining

  In J. Morley 'The Life of William Ewart Gladstone' (1903) vol. 1, p. 123.

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• Diligence is the mother of good fortune.

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  Life, Success, Mother

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  Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.

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  Inspirational, Being Yourself, Clever

  "Contarini Fleming". Book by Benjamin Disraeli, 1832.

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• A member of Parliament to Disraeli: 'Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of some unspeakable disease.' That depends, Sir,' said Disraeli, 'whether I embrace your policies or your mistress.

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  Mistress, Disease, Embrace

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• As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.

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  Success, Education, Intelligent

  Benjamin Disraeli (19??). “Endymion”

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• Success is a product of unremitting attention to purpose.

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  Attention, Purpose, Products

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• Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.

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  Communication, Humor, Intelligent

  "Benjamin Disraeli: An Unconventional Biography". Book by Wilfrid Meynell, 1903.

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• Mr Speaker, I withdraw my statement that half the cabinet are asses - half the cabinet are not asses.

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  Half, Cabinets, Ass

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• When men are pure, laws are useless; when men are corrupt, laws are broken.

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  Funny, Truth, Communication

  Benjamin Disraeli, Edmund Gosse, Robert Arnot (1904). “The Works of Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield, Embracing Novels, Romances, Plays, Poems, Biography, Short Stories and Great Speeches: Contarini Fleming, v. 2. Count Alarcos. Popanilla”

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• Yes, I am a Jew and when the ancestors of the right honorable gentleman were brutal savages in an unknown island, mine were priests in the temple of Solomon.

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  Islands, Justice, Diversity

  Benjamin Disraeli's remarks during Disraeli-O'Connell debate in Parliament, www.victorianweb.org. 1835.

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• Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.

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  Intelligent, Power, Hypnosis

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• Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few.

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  Wisdom, Luck, Familiar

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