Benjamin Disraeli Quotes And Sayings

I Have Been Ever Of Opinion That Revolutions Are Not To Be Evaded.

London Is A Modern Babylon.

Genius, When Young, Is Divine.

When A Man Fell Into His Anecdotage It Was A Sign For Him To Retire From The World.

The Practice Of Politics In The East May Be Defined By One Word: Dissimulation.

There Can Be Economy Only Where There Is Efficiency.

Things Must Be Done By Parties, Not By Persons Using Parties As Tools.

A University Should Be A Place Of Light, Of Liberty, And Of Learning.

Life Is Too Short To Be Little. Man Is Never So Manly As When He Feels Deeply, Acts Boldly, And Expresses Himself With Frankness And With Fervor.

That Fatal Drollery Called A Representative Government.

Man Is Made To Adore And To Obey: But If You Will Not Command Him, If You Give Him Nothing To Worship, He Will Fashion His Own Divinities, And Find A Chieftain In His Own Passions.

Change Is Inevitable. Change Is Constant.

The Right Honourable Gentleman Caught The Whigs Bathing, And Walked Away With Their Clothes. He Has Left Them In The Full Enjoyment Of Their Liberal Positions, And He Is Himself A Strict Conservative Of Their Garments.

How Much Easier It Is To Be Critical Than To Be Correct.

My Objection To Liberalism Is This That It Is The Introduction Into The Practical Business Of Life Of The Highest Kind Namely, Politics Of Philosophical Ideas Instead Of Political Principles.

Colonies Do Not Cease To Be Colonies Because They Are Independent.

I Am Prepared For The Worst, But Hope For The Best.

The First Magic Of Love Is Our Ignorance That It Can Ever End.

Action May Not Always Bring Happiness; But There Is No Happiness Without Action.

There Is No Gambling Like Politics.

In A Progressive Country Change Is Constant; Change Is Inevitable.

The World Is Governed By Very Different Personages From What Is Imagined By Those Who Are Not Behind The Scenes.

Power Has Only One Duty - To Secure The Social Welfare Of The People.

A Great City, Whose Image Dwells In The Memory Of Man, Is The Type Of Some Great Idea. Rome Represents Conquest; Faith Hovers Over The Towers Of Jerusalem; And Athens Embodies The Pre-eminent Quality Of The Antique World, Art.

Nationality Is The Miracle Of Political Independence; Race Is The Principle Of Physical Analogy.

The Pursuit Of Science Leads Only To The Insoluble.

Every Man Has A Right To Be Conceited Until He Is Successful.

Never Apologize For Showing Feeling. When You Do So, You Apologize For The Truth.

London Is A Roost For Every Bird.

There Is No Waste Of Time In Life Like That Of Making Explanations.

Adventures Are To The Adventurous.

Circumstances Are Beyond Human Control, But Our Conduct Is In Our Own Power.

We Are All Born For Love. It Is The Principle Of Existence, And Its Only End.

I Repeat... That All Power Is A Trust; That We Are Accountable For Its Exercise; That From The People And For The People All Springs, And All Must Exist.

Never Take Anything For Granted.

Mediocrity Can Talk, But It Is For Genius To Observe.

Plagiarists, At Least, Have The Merit Of Preservation.

It Destroys One's Nerves To Be Amiable Every Day To The Same Human Being.

No Man Is Regular In His Attendance At The House Of Commons Until He Is Married.

Never Complain And Never Explain.

There Are Three Kinds Of Lies: Lies, Damned Lies, And Statistics.

Diligence Is The Mother Of Good Fortune.

Let The Fear Of A Danger Be A Spur To Prevent It; He That Fears Not, Gives Advantage To The Danger.

There Is Moderation Even In Excess.

Moderation Is The Center Wherein All Philosophies, Both Human And Divine, Meet.

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.

The Choicest Pleasures Of Life Lie Within The Ring Of Moderation.

Taking A New Step, Uttering A New Word, Is What People Fear Most.

There Is No Index Of Character So Sure As The Voice.

The Greatest Good You Can Do For Another Is Not Just To Share Your Riches But To Reveal To Him His Own.