Benjamin Disraeli
Benjamin Disraeli
Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, KG, PC, FRSwas a British politician and writer, who twice served as Prime Minister. He played a central role in the creation of the modern Conservative Party, defining its policies and its broad outreach. Disraeli is remembered for his influential voice in world affairs, his political battles with the Liberal Party leader William Ewart Gladstone, and his one-nation conservatism or "Tory democracy". He made the Conservatives the party most identified with the glory and...
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth21 December 1804
science scientist pursuit
The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.
lying moderation pleasure
The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.
government representative-government representatives
That fatal drollery called a representative government.
magnificence splendor wealth
Teach us that wealth is not elegance, that profusion is not magnificence, that splendor is not beauty.
merit plagiarism preservation
Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation.
london modern babylon
London is a modern Babylon.
mean men civilization
Increased means and increased leisure are the two civilizers of man.
clever political politics
If you're not very clever you should be conciliatory.
funny political politics
Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel.
mother children book
An author who speaks about their own books is almost as bad as a mother who speaks about her own children.
morning book library
You asked me where I generally lived. In my workshop [i.e. in his study] in the mornings and always in the library in the evening. Books are companions even if you don’t open them.
political politics majority
A majority is always better than the best repartee.
determination business purpose
Nothing can withstand the power of the human will if it is willing to stake its very existence to the extent of its purpose.
friendship memories heart
There is magic in the memory of schoolboy friendships; it softens the heart, and even affects the nervous system of those who have no heart.