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...
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Date of Birth21 December 1804
Benjamin Disraeli quotes about
believe great heroes heroic mind nurture
Nurture your mind with great thoughts; to believe in the heroic makes heroes
chords forcible mind opening prepare quotation quotes symphony tones
When we would prepare the mind by a forcible appeal, and opening quotation is a symphony precluding on the chords those tones we are about to harmonize.
age age-and-aging life manhood regret youth
For life in general, there is but one decree; youth is a blunder, manhood a struggle, old age a regret
age age-and-aging manhood struggle youth
Youth is a blunder, manhood is a struggle and old age a regret.
enemies permanent
We have no permanent friend. We have no permanent enemies. We just have permanent interests.
british-statesman mother silence
When little is done, little is said; silence is the mother of truth.
british-statesman character greater sure
There is no greater index of character so sure as the voice.
british-statesman critical critics-and-criticism easier
It is easier to be critical than correct.
british-statesman opportunity ready secret success
The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes.
british-statesman life man opportunity ready secret success
The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.
british-statesman critical easier
It is much easier to be critical than to be correct.
men fool hot
As a rule, man is a fool. When it's hot, he wants it cool; When its cool, he wants it hot. Always wanting, what is not.
fake-people bullying army
Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.
steam traces train
He traces the steam train always back to the kettle