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Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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About Benjamin Disraeli
 Life: 1804 - 1881 Country:  England Profession: Politician; Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, KG, PC, FRS (born Benjamin D'Israeli; 21 December 1804-19 April 1881) was a British Conservative statesman and literary figure. He served in government for three decades, twice as Prime Minister-the first and thus far only person of Jewish parentage to do so (although Disraeli was baptised in the Anglican Church at 13). Disraeli's most lasting achievement was the creation of the modern Conservative Party after the Corn Laws schism of 1846.
more... QuotationsAction may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.
~ Benjamin Disraeli
The secret of success is consistency of purpose. ~ Benjamin Disraeli
Youth is a blunder; manhood a struggle; old age a regret. ~ Benjamin Disraeli - 1844
When a man fell into his anecdotage it was a sign for him to retire from the world. ~ Benjamin Disraeli - Lothair, 1870
The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity.
~ Benjamin Disraeli
Amusement to an observing mind is study.
~ Benjamin Disraeli
What we anticipate seldom occurs, what we least expected generally happens. ~ Benjamin Disraeli
Assassination has never changed the history of the world. ~ 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
Candor is the brightest gem of criticism. ~ Benjamin Disraeli
There is no wisdom like frankness. ~ Benjamin Disraeli
In a progressive country change is constant ... change ... is inevitable. ~ Benjamin Disraeli
Characters do not change. Opinions alter, but characters are only developed. ~ Benjamin Disraeli
News is that which comes from the North, East, West and South, and if it comes from only one point on the compass, then it is a class publication and not news. ~ Benjamin Disraeli
If you are not very clever, you should be conciliatory. ~ Benjamin Disraeli
What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few. ~ Benjamin Disraeli
It is much easier to be critical than to be correct. ~ Benjamin Disraeli
Debt is a prolific mother of folly and of crime. ~ Benjamin Disraeli
Despair is the conclusion of fools. ~ Benjamin Disraeli
I never refuse. I contradict. I sometimes forget. ~ Benjamin Disraeli
Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends. ~ Benjamin Disraeli
The press is not only free, it is powerful. That power is ours. It is the proudest that man can enjoy. ~ 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
Grief is the agony of an instant; the indulgence of grief the blunder of a life. ~ Benjamin Disraeli
He was distinguished for ignorance; for he had only one idea, and that was wrong. ~ Benjamin Disraeli
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