The palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIThe palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIThe fool wonders, the wise man asks.
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 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 DISRAELIWar is never a solution; it is an aggravation.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIThe secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIThere is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIYou will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities to be found in public life.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIDesperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIWilliam Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIThere is no education like adversity.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIThe wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIHow much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.
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 DISRAELIFaith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem; and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIEvery production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm.
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