Quotes by Benjamin Disraeli

“A precedent embalms a principle.”
-Benjamin Disraeli

“As a general rule the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.” -Benjamin Disraeli

“Bore: one who has the power of speech but not the capacity for conversation.”
-Benjamin Disraeli

“Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them.”
-Benjamin Disraeli

“Great services are not canceled by one act or by one single error.”
-Benjamin Disraeli

“Grief is the agony of an instant, the indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.”
-Benjamin Disraeli

“He was one of those men who think that the world can be saved by writing a pamphlet.” -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

“Ignorance never settles a question.”
-Benjamin Disraeli

“In a progressive country change is constant; ...change... is inevitable.”
-Benjamin Disraeli

“Individuals may form communities, but it is institutions alone that can create a nation.” -Benjamin Disraeli

“It is knowledge that influences and equalizes the social condition of man; that gives to all, however different their political position, passions which are in common, and enjoyments which are universal.”
-Benjamin Disraeli

“Justice is truth in action.”
-Benjamin Disraeli

“My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.”
-Benjamin Disraeli

“Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for truth.”
-Benjamin Disraeli

“Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.”
-Benjamin Disraeli

“No government can be long secure without formidable opposition.”
-Benjamin Disraeli

“Nurture your mind with great thoughts; to believe in the heroic makes heroes.”
-Benjamin Disraeli

“The best way to become acquainted with a subject is to write a book about it.”
-Benjamin Disraeli

“The difference of race is one of the reasons why I fear war may always exist; because race implies difference, difference implies superiority, and superiority leads to predominance.” -Benjamin Disraeli

“The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but to reveal to him his own.”
-Benjamin Disraeli

“The hare-brained chatter of irresponsible frivolity.”
-Benjamin Disraeli

“The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can ever end.”
-Benjamin Disraeli

“The more extensive a man's knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do.”
-Benjamin Disraeli

“The most dangerous strategy is to jump a chasm in two leaps.”
-Benjamin Disraeli

“The secret of success is constancy of purpose.”
-Benjamin Disraeli

“The wisdom of the wise, and the experience of ages, may be preserved by quotation.” -Benjamin Disraeli

“There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.”
-Benjamin Disraeli