Change is inevitable. Change is constant.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIChange is inevitable. Change is constant.
BENJAMIN DISRAELII have brought myself, by long meditation, to the conviction that a human being with a settled purpose must accomplish it, and that nothing can resist a will which will stake even existence upon its fulfillment.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIThere is moderation even in excess.
BENJAMIN DISRAELILife 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 DISRAELILike all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIMy idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.
BENJAMIN DISRAELII am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.
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 DISRAELIWhat is earnest is not always true; on the contrary, error is often more earnest than truth.
BENJAMIN DISRAELINobody is forgotten when it is convenient to remember him.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIThe difference between a misfortune and a calamity is this: If Gladstone fell into the Thames, it would be a misfortune. But if someone dragged him out again, that would be a calamity.
BENJAMIN DISRAELITime is precious, but truth is more precious than time.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIWe are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIIt is much easier to be critical than to be correct.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIMy objection to Liberalism is this that it is the introduction into the practical business of life of the highest kind namely, politics of philosophical ideas instead of political principles.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIThe more extensive a man’s knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do.
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