Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIWhat we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
-
-
Nature, like man, sometimes weeps from gladness.
BENJAMIN DISRAELI -
Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.
BENJAMIN DISRAELI -
A man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely in the House of Lords.
BENJAMIN DISRAELI -
Fear makes us feel our humanity.
BENJAMIN DISRAELI -
We moralize among ruins.
BENJAMIN DISRAELI -
The more extensive a man’s knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do.
BENJAMIN DISRAELI -
Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness and with fervor.
BENJAMIN DISRAELI -
William Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect.
BENJAMIN DISRAELI -
Frank and explicit – that is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and confuse the minds of others.
BENJAMIN DISRAELI -
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 -
Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm.
BENJAMIN DISRAELI -
London is a roost for every bird.
BENJAMIN DISRAELI -
Power has only one duty – to secure the social welfare of the People.
BENJAMIN DISRAELI -
The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes.
BENJAMIN DISRAELI -
It destroys one’s nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being.
BENJAMIN DISRAELI