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
failure political politics
What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.
two-nations political feelings
Two nations between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy; who are as ignorant of each other's habits, thoughts, and feelings, as if they were dwellers in different zones, or inhabitants of different planets. The rich and the poor.
education wisdom learning
Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.
motivational thank-you thankful
I feel a very unusual sensation - if it is not indigestion, I think it must be gratitude.
sister sweet sibling
Sweet is the voice of a sister in the season of sorrow.
politics language politician
Finality is not the language of politics.
patience ingredients genius
Patience is a necessary ingredient of genius.
short-life life-is-too-short life-is-short
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.
political preparation progress
Conservatism discards Prescription, shrinks from Principle, disavows Progress; having rejected all respect for antiquity, it offers no redress for the present, and makes no preparation for the future.
failure failure-inspirational built
All my successes have been built on my failures.
two silence mouths
Nature has given us two ears but only one mouth.
educational essence body
The essence of education is the education of the body.
intelligent principles precedent
A precedent embalms a principle.
life positive memorial-day
Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.