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
men wings eagles
Fame has eagle wings, and yet she mounts not so high as man's desires.
discovery progress comfort
The European talks of progress because by the aid of a few scientific discoveries he has established a society which has mistaken comfort for civilisation.
suffering england world
The Continent will not suffer England to be the workshop of the world.
country heart responsibility
England is a domestic country. Here the home is revered and the hearth sacred. The nation is represented by a family,--the Royal family,--and if that family is educated with a sense of responsibility and a sentiment of public duty, it is difficult to exaggerate the salutary influence it may exercise over a nation.
economy efficiency
There can be no economy where there is no efficiency.
mother children childhood
To a mother, a child is everything; but to a child, a parent is only a link in the chain of her existence.
civilization dwelling house
The best security for civilization is the dwelling, and upon properly appointed and becoming dwellings depends, more than anything else, the improvement of mankind.
world quitting forget-you
Quit the world, and the world forgets you.
reading punctuation emphasis
Accent and emphasis are the pith of reading; punctuation is but secondary.
party pride ability
I pride myself in recognizing and upholding ability in every party and wherever I meet it.
adversity england nations
The English nation is never so great as in adversity.
paradise sound eating
All Paradise opens! Let me die eating ortolans to the sound of soft music!
advice want matter
A Protestant, if he wants aid or advice on any matter, can only go to his solicitor.
civilization tendencies monarchy
The tendency of an advanced civilization is in truth monarchy.