The right honourable gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIThe right honourable gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIMan is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIEvery man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.
BENJAMIN DISRAELISeeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIRead no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIMan is only great when he acts from passion.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIHow much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIWhat we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIYouth is a blunder; Manhood a struggle, Old Age a regret.
BENJAMIN DISRAELITime is precious, but truth is more precious than time.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIFaith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem; and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIHe has left them in the full enjoyment of their liberal positions, and he is himself a strict conservative of their garments.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIAssassination has never changed the history of the world.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIA man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely in the House of Lords.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIThe palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIThe governments of the present day have to deal not merely with other governments, with emperors, kings and ministers, but also with the secret societies which have everywhere their unscrupulous agents, and can at the last moment upset all the governments’ plans.
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