Benjamin Disraeli Quotes - Page 11

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• Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.

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  Funny, Success, Conceited

  Benjamin Disraeli, John Alexander Wilson Gunn, Melvin George Wiebe (1997). “Benjamin Disraeli Letters: 1852-1856”, p.265, University of Toronto Press

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• The indulgence in grief is a blunder.

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  Grief, Blunders, Indulgence

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• Great revolutions, whatever may be their causes, are not lightly commenced, and are not concluded with precipitation.

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  May, Revolution, Causes

  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 Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity.

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  Time, Youth, Trustees

  'Sybil' (1845) bk. 6, ch. 13

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• It destroys one's nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being.

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  Funny, Marriage, Witty

  Benjamin Disraeli (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)”, p.5019, Delphi Classics

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• A majority is always better than the best repartee.

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  Political, Majority, Politics

  Benjamin Disraeli (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)”, p.5018, Delphi Classics

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• There are amusing people who do not interest, and interesting people who do not amuse

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  People, Interesting, Amusing

  Benjamin Disraeli (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)”, p.3675, Delphi Classics

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• A canter is the cure for all evil.

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  Animal, Evil, Pet

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• Eloquence is the child of knowledge. When a mind is full, like a wholesome river, it is also clear.

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  Children, Rivers, Mind

  Benjamin Disraeli (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)”, p.833, Delphi Classics

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• When I left the dining room after sitting next to Mr. Gladstone, I thought he was the cleverest man in England. But after sitting next to Mr. Disraeli, I thought I was the cleverest woman in England.

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  Men, Dining, Sitting

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• Friendship is the gift of the gods, and the most precious boon to man.

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  Friendship, Men, Boon

  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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• We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets.

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  Powerful, Opportunity, Political

  Benjamin Disraeli (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)”, p.3417, Delphi Classics

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• Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions; never irresistible but when he appeals to the imagination.

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  Passion, Men, Imagination

  'Coningsby' (1844) bk. 4, ch. 13

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• One event makes another. What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expected generally happens; and time can only prove which is most for our advantage.

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  Events, Advantage, Prove

  Benjamin Disraeli (1859). “Henrietta Temple a Love Story by Benjamin Disraeli”, p.65

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• Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.

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  Wisdom, Powerful, Intelligent

  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”

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• Knowledge must be gained by ourselves. Mankind may supply us with facts; but the results, even if they agree with previous ones, must be the work of our own minds.

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  Wisdom, Knowledge, Science

  Benjamin Disraeli (1853). “The Young Duke ... By B. Disraeli. A New Edition”, p.267

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• If you're not very clever you should be conciliatory.

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  Clever, Political, Politics

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• No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition.

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  Government, Long, Political

  'Coningsby' (1844) bk. 2, ch. 1

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• How fair is a garden amid the toils and passions of existence.

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  Encouragement, Passion, Garden

  Benjamin Disraeli (1845). “Sybil, Or, The Two Nations”, p.334

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• A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.

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  Education, Learning, Light

  'Hansard' 11 March 1873, col. 1814

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• I am neither a Whig nor Tory. My politics are described in one word and that word is England.

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  England, One Word

  1844 Speech, House of Commons.

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• Though I sit down now, the time will come whenyou will hear me.

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  Time

  Benjamin Disraeli's maiden speech in the House of Commons, December 7, 1837.

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• England is a domestic country. Here the home is revered and the hearth sacred. The nation is represented by a family,--the Royal family,--and if that family is educated with a sense of responsibility and a sentiment of public duty, it is difficult to exaggerate the salutary influence it may exercise over a nation.

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  Country, Responsibility, Home

  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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• It is a great mistake to suppose that bribery and corruption, although they may be very convenient for gratifying the ambition or the vanity of individuals, have any great effect upon the fortunes or the power of parties. And it is a great mistake to suppose that bribery and corruption are means by which power can either be ob-tained or retained.

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  Mistake, Party, Mean

  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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• How very seldom do you encounter in the world a man of great abilities, acquirements, experience, who will unmask his mind, unbutton his brains, and pour forth in careless and picturesque phrase all the results of his studies and observation; his knowledge of men, books, and nature. On the contrary, if a man has by any chance an original idea, he hoards it as if it were old gold; and rather avoids the subject with which he is most conversant, from fear that you may appropriate his best thoughts.

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  Book, Men, Ideas

  "Coningsby". Book by Benjamin Disraeli, Book VII, Ch. 2, 1844.

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