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
inspiration reading writing
When I want to read a novel, I write one.
life time two-nations
But what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is a day.
honesty world helpful
One of the hardest things in this world is to admit you are wrong. And nothing is more helpful in resolving a situation than its frank admission.
funny truth communication
When men are pure, laws are useless; when men are corrupt, laws are broken.
political politics valuable
You will in due season find your property is less valuable, and your freedom less complete.
secrecy counsellors
Be thine own privy counsellor.
ambition men people
Moderation has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to console undistinguished people for their want of fortune and their lack of merit.
sympathy sorrow stronger
The sympathy of sorrow is stronger than the sympathy of prosperity.
inspirational successful men
Whenever you see a man who is successful in society, try to discover what makes him pleasing, and if possible adopt his system.
grief blunders indulgence
The indulgence in grief is a blunder.
destiny fortune
We make our own fortune and call it destiny.
respect mean respectability
Having the courage to live within one's means is respectability.
atheist religion atheism
Where knowledge ends, religion begins.
intelligent power hypnosis
Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.