Benjamin Disraeli Quotes About Giving

Quotes about: Giving

• 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.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Atheist, Men, Teach A Man To Fish

• Coquettes are, but too rare. It is a career that requires great abilities, infinite pains, a gay and airy spirit. 'T is the coquette who provides all the amusements,--suggests the riding-party, plans the picnic, gives and guesses charades, acts them. She is the stirring element amid the heavy congeries of social atoms,--the soul of the house, the salt of the banquet.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Pain, Party, Gay

• 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

  Passion, Knowledge, Men

  "The Value of Literature to Men of Business". Benjamin Disraeli's speech at the Manchester Athenaeum, October 23, 1844.

• Man is made to adore and to obey: but if you will not command him, if you give him nothing to worship, he will fashion his own divinities, and find a chieftain in his own passions.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Fashion, Passion, Men

  Benjamin Disraeli (1844). “Coningsby: Or, The New Generation”, p.223, London : H. Colburn

• Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Fear, Giving, Spurs

• A man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely in the House of Lords. There are two distinct styles requisite: I intend, in the course of my career, if I have time, to give a specimen of both.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Men, Careers, Two

  Benjamin Disraeli (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)”, p.836, Delphi Classics

• I do not like giving advice: it is incurring an unnecessary responsibility.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Responsibility, Giving, Advice

• Never argue. In society nothing must be; give only results. If any person differs from you, bow, and turn the conversation.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Giving, Bows, Arguing

  Benjamin Disraeli (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)”, p.966, Delphi Classics

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