Benjamin Disraeli Quotes

Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.

All is race; there is no other truth ,and every race must fall which carelessly suffers its blood to become mixed.

Nothing can withstand the power of the human will if it is willing to stake its very existence to the extent of its purpose.

Propriety of manners, and consideration for others, are the two main characteristics of a gentleman.

A member of Parliament to Disraeli: 'Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of some unspeakable disease.' That depends, Sir,' said Disraeli, 'whether I embrace your policies or your mistress.

Nature has given us two ears but only one mouth.

Travel teaches toleration.

It destroys one's nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being.

Sir, I shall not defeat you - I shall transcend you.

Luck is what a capricious man believes in.

The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can ever end.

No government can be long secure without a formidable opposition.

He was distinguished for ignorance; for he had only one idea, and that was wrong.

There are some silent people who are more interesting than the best talkers.

A great person is one who affects the mind of their generation.

Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth.

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.

Life is too short to be little. You must enlarge your imagination and then act on it.

Individuals may form communities, but it is institutions alone that can create a nation.

The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians.

Happiness is only to be found in a recurrence to the principles of human nature; and these will prompt very simple measures.

The Italians say it is not necessary to be a stag; but we ought not to be a tortoise.

Grief is the agony of an instant. The indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.

We moralize among ruins.

Adventures are to the adventurous.

Were it not for music, we might in these days say, the Beautiful is dead.

King Louis Philippe once said to me that he attributed the great success of the British nation in political life to their talking politics after dinner.

The test of political institutions is the condition of the country whose future they regulate.

The press is not only free, it is powerful. That power is ours. It is the proudest that man can enjoy.

There is magic in the memory of schoolboy friendships; it softens the heart, and even affects the nervous system of those who have no heart.

Religion should be the rule of life, not a casual incident in it.

Frank and explicit - that is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and confuse the minds of others.

Amusement to an observing mind is study.

The character of a woman rapidly develops after marriage, and sometimes seems to change, when in fact it is only complete.

Nothing can resist a will which will stake even existence upon its fulfillment.

Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm.

Without tact you can learn nothing.

The canter is a cure for every evil.

I feel a very unusual sensation - if it is not indigestion, I think it must be gratitude.

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.

Youth is the trustee of prosperity.

Coalitions though successful have always found this, that their triumph has been brief.

William Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect.

A man's fate is his own temper.

Through persistence numerous individuals win accomplishment out of what appeared bound to be sure disappointment.

Debt is a prolific mother of folly and of crime.

You know who the critics are? The men who have failed in literature and art.

I rather like bad wine; one gets so bored with good wine.

A book may be as great a thing as a battle.

Next to the assumption of power was the responsibility of relinquishing it.