Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIDesperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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The palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy.
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When a man fell into his anecdotage it was a sign for him to retire from the world.
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Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter.
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Fear makes us feel our humanity.
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The right honourable gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes.
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Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.
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Almost everything that is great has been done by youth.
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War is never a solution; it is an aggravation.
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It is much easier to be critical than to be correct.
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Frank and explicit – that is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and confuse the minds of others.
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The 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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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.
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The best security for civilization is the dwelling, and upon properly appointed and becoming dwellings depends, more than anything else, the improvement of mankind.
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London is a roost for every bird.
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Grief is the agony of an instant; the indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.
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