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
enthusiasm genius product
Every product of genius must be the product of enthusiasm.
enthusiasm genius breaths
Enthusiasm is the breath of genius.
men enemy genius
No enemy is so terrible as a man of genius.
differences special genius
The difference between talent and genius is this: while the former usually develops some special branch of our faculties, the latter commands them all. When the former is combined with tact, it is often more than a match for the latter.
men genius doctrine
The Athanasian Creed is the most splendid ecclesiastical lyric ever poured forth by the genius of man.
patience ingredients genius
Patience is a necessary ingredient of genius.
genius divine young
Genius, when young, is divine.
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.
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