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 DISRAELIMan 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 DISRAELIMan is only great when he acts from passion.
BENJAMIN DISRAELITalk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIThe Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIThere is no education like adversity.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIIn politics nothing is contemptible.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIThe wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIA man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely in the House of Lords.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIA consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIAssassination has never changed the history of the world.
BENJAMIN DISRAELITaking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIThe greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIWar is never a solution; it is an aggravation.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIThe best security for civilization is the dwelling, and upon properly appointed and becoming dwellings depends, more than anything else, the improvement of mankind.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIWe are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIExperience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.
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