"There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening, that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique."
A Conservative Government is an organized hypocrisy. Benjamin Disraeli
A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance. Benjamin Disraeli
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. Benjamin Disraeli
A majority is always better than the best repartee. Benjamin Disraeli
A man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely in the House of Lords. There are two distinct styles requisite: I intend, in the course of my career, if I have time, to give a specimen of both. Benjamin Disraeli
Assassination has never changed the history of the world. Benjamin Disraeli
Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones. Benjamin Disraeli
Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds. Benjamin Disraeli
Books are fatal: they are the curse of the human race. Nine-tenths of existing books are nonsense, and the clever books are the refutation of that nonsense. The greatest misfortune that ever befell man was the invention of printing. Benjamin Disraeli
But what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is a day. Benjamin Disraeli
Characters do not change. Opinions alter, but characters are only developed. Benjamin Disraeli
Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent. Benjamin Disraeli
Conservatism discards Prescription, shrinks from Principle, disavows Progress; having rejected all respect for antiquity, it offers no redress for the present, and makes no preparation for the future. Benjamin Disraeli
Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful. Benjamin Disraeli
Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm. Benjamin Disraeli
Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel. Benjamin Disraeli
Fame and power are the objects of all men. Even their partial fruition is gained by very few; and that, too, at the expense of social pleasure, health, conscience, life. Benjamin Disraeli
Frank and explicit - that is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and confuse the minds of others. Benjamin Disraeli
Great countries are those that produce great people. Benjamin Disraeli
Grief is the agony of an instant. The indulgence of grief the blunder of a life. Benjamin Disraeli
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. Benjamin Disraeli
He traces the steam engine all the way back to the tea kettle. Benjamin Disraeli
He was distinguished for ignorance; for he had only one idea, and that was wrong. Benjamin Disraeli
How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct. Benjamin Disraeli
I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best. Benjamin Disraeli
I feel a very unusual sensation - if it is not indigestion, I think it must be gratitude. Benjamin Disraeli
I have brought myself, by long meditation, to the conviction that a human being with a settled purpose must accomplish it, and that nothing can resist a will which will stake even existence upon its fulfillment. Benjamin Disraeli
I never deny. I never contradict. I sometimes forget. Benjamin Disraeli
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. Benjamin Disraeli
If a man be gloomy let him keep to himself. No one has the right to go croaking about society, or what is worse, looking as if he stifled grief. Benjamin Disraeli
If Gladstone fell into the Thames, that would be a misfortune; and if anybody pulled him out, that I suppose would be a calamity. Benjamin Disraeli
If you're not very clever you should be conciliatory. Benjamin Disraeli
In a progressive country change is constant; change is inevitable. Benjamin Disraeli
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. Benjamin Disraeli
Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger. Benjamin Disraeli
Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen. Benjamin Disraeli
Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter. Benjamin Disraeli
Mediocrity can talk, but it is for genius to observe. Benjamin Disraeli
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. Benjamin Disraeli
Moderation is the center wherein all philosophies, both human and divine, meet. Benjamin Disraeli
Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy. Benjamin Disraeli
Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth. Benjamin Disraeli
Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes. Benjamin Disraeli
On the education of the people of this country the fate of the country depends. Benjamin Disraeli
Once at a social gathering, Gladstone said to Disraeli, "I predict, Sir, that you will die either by hanging or of some vile disease". Disraeli replied, "That all depends, sir, upon whether I embrace your principles or your mistress." Benjamin Disraeli
One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes. Benjamin Disraeli
Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation. Benjamin Disraeli
Power has only one duty - to secure the social welfare of the People. Benjamin Disraeli
The best security for civilization is the dwelling, and upon properly appointed and becoming dwellings depends, more than anything else, the improvement of mankind. Benjamin Disraeli
The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation. Benjamin Disraeli
The difference between a misfortune and a calamity is this: If Gladstone fell into the Thames, it would be a misfortune. But if someone dragged him out again, that would be a calamity. Benjamin Disraeli
The Duke of Wellington brought to the post of first minister immortal fame, -a quality of success which would almost seem to include all others. Benjamin Disraeli
The first magic of love is our ignorance that it can ever end. Benjamin Disraeli
The governments of the present day have to deal not merely with other governments, with emperors, kings and ministers, but also with the secret societies which have everywhere their unscrupulous agents, and can at the last moment upset all the governments' plans. Benjamin Disraeli
The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own. Benjamin Disraeli
The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend. Benjamin Disraeli
The more you are talked about the less powerful you are. Benjamin Disraeli
The palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy. Benjamin Disraeli
The people of England are the most enthusiastic in the world. Benjamin Disraeli
The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble. Benjamin Disraeli
The question is this - Is man an ape or an angel? My Lord, I am on the side of the angels. I repudiate with indignation and abhorrence these new fanged theories. Benjamin Disraeli
The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes. Benjamin Disraeli
To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge. Benjamin Disraeli
To supervise people, you must either surpass them in their accomplishments or despise them. Benjamin Disraeli
To tax the community for the advantage of a class is not protection: it is plunder. Benjamin Disraeli
Two nations between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy; who are as ignorant of each other's habits, thoughts, and feelings, as if they were dwellers in different zones, or inhabitants of different planets. The rich and the poor. Benjamin Disraeli
Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends. Benjamin Disraeli
We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end. Benjamin Disraeli
We live in an age when to be young and to be indifferent can be no longer synonymous. We must prepare for the coming hour. The claims of the Future are represented by suffering millions; and the Youth of a Nation are the trustees of Posterity. Benjamin Disraeli
Worry - a God, invisible but omnipotent. It steals the bloom from the cheek and lightness from the pulse; it takes away the appetite, and turns the hair gray. Benjamin Disraeli
You will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities to be found in public life. Benjamin Disraeli
Youth is a blunder; Manhood a struggle, Old Age a regret. Benjamin Disraeli
