Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
“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.”
“Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.”
“All is mystery; but he is a slave who will not struggle to penetrate the dark veil.”
“An author who speaks about their own books is almost as bad as a mother who speaks about her own children.”
“Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.”
“Do not read history. Read biography for it is life without theory.”
“Every woman should marry... and no man.”
“He was distinguished for ignorance; for he had only one idea, and that was wrong.”
“He who gains time gains everything.”
“How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.”
“I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.”
“I cannot pay attention unless I am attracted.”
“If Gladstone fell in the Thames, that would be a misfortune. But if someone fished him out again, that would be a calamity.”
“It is well-known what a middleman is; he is a man who bamboozles one party and plunders the other.”
“Life is too short to be little.”
“Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember and remember more than I have seen.”
“Little things affect little minds.”
“Most people die with their music still locked up inside them.”
“My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.”
“Never complain, never explain, just let your actions speak for themselves.”
“Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.”
“Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.”
“One of the hardest things in this world is to admit you are wrong. And nothing is more helpful in resolving a situation than its frank admission.”
“Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation.”
“Romance has been elegantly defined as the offspring of fiction and love.”
“Seeing much, suffering much and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.”
“Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.”
“Success is the child of audacity.”
“Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.”
“The best way to become acquainted with a subject is to write about it.”
“The expected always happens.”
“The Lord deals with the nations as the nations deal with the Jews.”
“The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can ever end.”
“The more extensive a man’s knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do”
“The most dangerous strategy is to jump a chasm in two leaps.”
“The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes.”
“The secret to success is constancy of purpose.”
“The wisdom of the wise, and the experience of ages, may be preserved by quotations.”
“There are exceptions to all rules, but it seldom answers to follow the advice of an opponent.”
“There are three types of lies -- lies, damn lies, and statistics.”
“There is no education like adversity.”
“Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.”
“Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.”
“To be conscious that you are ignorant is a great step to knowledge.”
“Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends.”
“What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.”
“What we learn from history is that we do not learn from history.”
“When I want to read a novel, I write one.”
“When men are pure, laws are useless; when men are corrupt, laws are broken.”
“Where knowledge ends, religion begins.”
“Youth is a blunder; manhood a struggle; old age a regret.”