Benjamin Disraeli Quotes - Page 11

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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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• 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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• The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians.

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  Democracies Have, Political, Historical

  "Lothair". Book by Benjamin Disraeli, Ch. 17, 1870.

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

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  Clever, Political, Politics

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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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• 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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• There are few faces that can afford to smile: a smile is sometimes bewitching, in general vapid, often a contortion.

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  Vapid, Faces, Sometimes

  Benjamin Disraeli (1871). “Collected Edition of the Novels and Tales”, p.89

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• Expediency is a law of nature. The camel is a wonderful animal, but the desert made the camel.

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  Animal, Law, Camels

  Benjamin Disraeli (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)”, p.3319, Delphi Classics

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• Silence often expresses 'more powerfully than speech the verdict and judgment of society.

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  Silence, Speech, Judgment

  Benjamin Disraeli (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)”, p.5034, Delphi Classics

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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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• Without tact you can learn nothing. Tact teaches you when to be silent. Inquirers who are always questioning never learn anything.

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  Silent, Questioning, Teach

  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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• 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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• A nation, as an individual, has duties to fulfill appointed by God and His moral law.

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  Law, Moral, Individual

  Benjamin Disraeli (1870). “Lothair”, p.214

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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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• Scientific, like spiritual truth, has ever from the beginning been descending from heaven to man.

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  Spiritual, Truth, Men

  Benjamin Disraeli (1875). “Collected Edition of the Novels and Tales”, p.17

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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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• It was not reason that besieged Troy; it was not reason that sent forth the Saracen from the desert to conquer the world; that inspired the crusades; that instituted the monastic orders; it was not reason that produced the Jesuits; above all, it was not reason that created the French Revolution. Man is only great when he acts from the passions; never irresistible but when he appeals to the imagination.

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  Passion, Men, Conquer The World

  Benjamin Disraeli (1869). “The Novels and Tales of the Right Hon. B. Disraeli, M.P.”, p.176

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• There is a thread in our thoughts as there is a pulse in our feelings; he who can hold the one knows how to think, and he who can move the other knows how to feel.

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  Moving, Thinking, Feelings

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• The essence of education is the education of the body.

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  Education, Learning, Knowledge

  Benjamin Disraeli (1875). “Collected Edition of the Novels and Tales”, p.137

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• There is scarcely any popular tenet more erroneous than that which holds that when time is slow, life is dull.

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  Dull, Life Is

  Benjamin Disraeli (1845). “Sybil: Or, The Two Nations”, p.201

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• In politics experiments means revolutions.

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  Mean, Government, Revolution

  Benjamin Disraeli (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)”, p.505, Delphi Classics

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