Benjamin Disraeli
Benjamin Disraeli
Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, KG, PC, FRSwas a British politician and writer, who twice served as Prime Minister. He played a central role in the creation of the modern Conservative Party, defining its policies and its broad outreach. Disraeli is remembered for his influential voice in world affairs, his political battles with the Liberal Party leader William Ewart Gladstone, and his one-nation conservatism or "Tory democracy". He made the Conservatives the party most identified with the glory and...
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Date of Birth21 December 1804
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We have no permanent friend. We have no permanent enemies. We just have permanent interests.
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Beauty can inspire miracles.
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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.
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The depositary of power is always unpopular.
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Meditation is culture.
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There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations.
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"Sorry" only counts for that which it cannot alter.
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No man is regular in his attendance at the House of Commons until he is married.
All must respect those who respect themselves.
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A person's fate is their own temper.
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That soul-subduing sentiment, harshly called flirtation, which is the spell of a country house.
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Books are the curse of the human race.
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A great thing is a great book; but a greater thing than all is the talk of a great man.
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No enemy is so terrible as a man of genius.