Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen.
BENJAMIN DISRAELILike all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIDamn your principles! Stick to your party.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIHe has left them in the full enjoyment of their liberal positions, and he is himself a strict conservative of their garments.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIThe secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIGrief is the agony of an instant; the indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIThe fool wonders, the wise man asks.
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 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.
BENJAMIN DISRAELINine-tenths of the existing books are nonsense and the clever books are the refutation of that nonsense.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIBe amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.
BENJAMIN DISRAELITalk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIYou can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIAction may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIWe are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIThe choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.
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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