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
change should-have progress
Had it not been for you, I should have remained what I was when we first met, a prejudiced, narrow-minded being, with contracted sympathies and false knowledge, wasting my life on obsolete trifles, and utterly insensible to the privilege of living in this wondrous age of change and progress.
change history historical
Assassination has never changed the history of the world.
change resistance inexorable
Change is as inexorable as time, yet nothing meets with more resistance.
change intelligent inevitable
Change is inevitable. Change is constant.
inspirational change success
One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.
british-statesman change country
In a progressive country change is constant; change is inevitable.
lay likes thick
Everyone likes flattery, and when you come to Royalty, you should lay it on with a thick trowel
exuberance gifted imagination
Inebriated with the exuberance of his own verbosity, and gifted with an egotistical imagination
peace present
At the present the peace of the world has been preserved, not by statements, but by capitalists
anticipate british-statesman expected generally seldom
What we anticipate seldom occurs, what we least expected generally happens.
enthusiasm genius product
Every product of genius must be the product of enthusiasm.
experience preserved quotations wisdom wise
The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages, may be preserved through quotations
anecdotes found people works
Some people exclaim, "Give me no anecdotes of an author, but give me his works," and yet I have often found that the anecdotes are more interesting than the works
destined soar spirit
The spirit that does not soar is destined to grovel