Benjamin Disraeli Quotes - Page 21

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• This is to be observed of the Bishop of London, that, though apparently of a spirit somewhat austere, there is in his idiosyncrasy a strange fund of enthusiasm, a quality which ought never to be possessed by an Archbishop of Canterbury, or a Prime Minister of England. The Bishop of London sympathies with everything that is earnest; but what is earnest is not always true; on the contrary error is often more earnest than truth.

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  Errors, Quality, Bishops

  Benjamin Disraeli's letter to Queen Victoria, November 4, 1868.

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• The gondola of London [a hansom].

  Benjamin Disraeli

  London, Gondolas

  'Lothair' (1870) ch. 27 (a hansom cab)

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• Gentlemen, the Tory party, unless it is a national party, is nothing.

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  Party, Gentleman

  Benjamin Disraeli (Earl of Beaconsfield) (1968). “Disraeli: Speech at the Banquet of the National Union of Conservative and Constitutional Associations, at the Crystal Palace, on June 24, 1872. Rede Im Kristallpalast Am 24 Juni 1872”

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• I do not believe such a quality as chance exists. Every incident that happens must be a link in a chain.

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  Believe, Quality, Links

  Benjamin Disraeli (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)”, p.2253, Delphi Classics

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• Change is constant in a progressive country.

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  Life, Change, Country

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• The tendency of an advanced civilization is in truth monarchy.

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  Civilization, Tendencies, Monarchy

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• A Protestant, if he wants aid or advice on any matter, can only go to his solicitor.

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  Advice, Matter, Want

  'Lothair' (1870) ch. 27

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• I do not understand how an aristocracy can exist, unless it be distinguished by some quality which no other class of the community possesses.

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  Class, Community, Quality

  Benjamin Disraeli (1844). “Coningsby: Or, The New Generation”, p.157, London : H. Colburn

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• In art the Greeks were the children of the Egyptians. The day may yet come when we shall do justice to the high powers of that mysterious and imaginative people.

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  Art, Children, Justice

  Benjamin Disraeli (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)”, p.1154, Delphi Classics

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• In the study of the fine arts, they mutually assist each other.

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  Art, Study, Fine

  Benjamin Disraeli (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)”, p.1094, Delphi Classics

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• Of all unfortunate men one of the unhappiest is a middling author endowed with too lively a sensibility for criticism.

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  Men, Criticism, Authorship

  Isaac Disraeli, Benjamin Disraeli (Earl of Beaconsfield) (1861). “Curiosities of literature”, p.81

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• You must originate, and you must sympathize; yon must possess, at the same time, the habit of communicating and the habit of listening. The union is rather rare, but irresistible.

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  Listening, Unions, Habit

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• If confidence is a plant of slow growth, credit is one which matures much more slowly.

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  Growth, Credit, Plant

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• Beauty can inspire miracles.

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  Beauty, Miracle, Inspire

  Benjamin Disraeli (1853). “The Young Duke ... By B. Disraeli. A New Edition”, p.73

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• And it is a singular truth that, though a man may shake off national habits, accent, manner of thinking, style of dress,--though he may become perfectly identified with another nation, and speak its language well, perhaps better than his own,--yet never can he succeed in changing his handwriting to a foreign style.

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  Men, Thinking, Style

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• What we call the heart is a nervous sensation, like shyness, which gradually disappears in society. It is fervent in the nursery, strong in the domestic circle, tumultuous at school.

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  Strong, Heart, School

  Benjamin Disraeli (1863). “Coningsby, Or, The New Generation”, p.181

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• Twilight makes us pensive; Aurora is the goddess of activity; despair curses at midnight; hope blesses at noon.

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  Twilight, Despair, Midnight

  Benjamin Disraeli (1853). “The Young Duke ... By B. Disraeli. A New Edition”, p.106

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• A good eater must be a good man; for a good eater must have a good digestion, and a good digestion depends upon a good conscience.

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  Food, Men, Cooking

  The Young Duke bk. 1, ch. 14 (1831)

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• The right hon. Gentleman [Sir Robert Peel] caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes.

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  Clothes, Gentleman, Caught

  Benjamin Disraeli's speech in the House of Commons, February 28, 1845.

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• We have legalized confiscation, consecrated sacrilege, and condoned high treason.

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  Treason, Sacrilege

  'Hansard' 27 February 1871

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• The Egremonts had never said anything that was remembered, or done anything that could be recalled.

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  Done, Said, Remembered

  Benjamin Disraeli (1845). “Sybil: Or, The Two Nations”, p.13

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• Lady Lytton rules her husband, but that I suppose is always the case where marriages are what is called 'happy'.

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  Marriage, Husband, Cases

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• The British people, being subject to fogs, require grave statesmen.

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  Fog, People, Graves

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• You have proved it is a very moral habit.

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  Smoking, Moral, Habit

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• What Art was to the ancient world, Science is to the modern: the distinctive faculty. In the minds of men the useful has succeeded to the beautiful. Instead of the city of the Violet Crown, a Lancashire village has expanded into a mighty region of factories and warehouses. Yet, rightly understood, Manchester is as great a human exploit; as Athens.

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  Beautiful, Art, Science

  Benjamin Disraeli (1863). “Coningsby, Or, The New Generation”, p.113

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