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
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For life in general, there is but one decree; youth is a blunder, manhood a struggle, old age a regret
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Youth is a blunder, manhood is a struggle and old age a regret.
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We live in an age when to be young and to be indifferent can be no longer synonymous. We must prepare for the coming hour. The claims of the Future are represented by suffering millions; and the Youth of a Nation are the trustees of Posterity.
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The delight of opening a new pursuit, or a new course of reading, imparts the vivacity and novelty of youth even to old age.
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It is well-known what a middleman is: he is a man who bamboozles one party and plunders the other.
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I have lived long enough to know that the evening glow of love has its own riches and splendour.
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We live in age of prudence. The leaders of the people now generally follow.
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Proverbs were anterior to boots, and formed the wisdom of the vulgar, and in the earliest ages were the unwritten laws of morality.
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Age is frequently beautiful, wisdom appearing like an aftermath.
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The characteristic of the present age is craving credulity.
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The spirit that does not soar is destined to grovel
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The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages, may be preserved through quotations
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Propriety of manners and consideration for others are the two main characteristics of a gentleman
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Every product of genius must be the product of enthusiasm.