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
Benjamin Disraeli quotes about
wisdom fashion intelligence
It is the fashion to style the present moment an extraordinary crisis.
wisdom profound intelligence
The profound thinker always suspects that he is superficial.
wisdom knowledge mind
Knowledge must be gained by ourselves. Mankind may supply us with facts; but the results, even if they agree with previous ones, must be the work of our own minds.
wisdom powerful intelligent
Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.
education wisdom learning
Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.
inspirational success wisdom
Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.
wise wisdom passion
Man is only great when he acts from passion.
inspirational wise wisdom
The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.
enemies permanent
We have no permanent friend. We have no permanent enemies. We just have permanent interests.
country determination appreciate
It has been said that the people of this country are deeply interested in the humanitarian and philanthropic considerations involved in [the Eastern Question]. All must appreciate such feelings. But I am mistaken if there be not a yet deeper sentiment on the part of the people of this country, one with which I cannot doubt your lordships will ever sympathise, and that is—the determination to maintain the Empire of England.
wheels world rounds
The world is a wheel, and it will all come round right.
book men political
We cannot learn men from books.
reading historical quality
If the history of England be ever written by one who has the knowledge and the courage,-and both qualities are equally requisite for the undertaking, - the world will be more astonished than when reading the Roman annals by Niebuhr.
dancing ballet carriages
Without dancing you can never attain a perfectly graceful carriage, which is of the highest importance in life.