Quotes by

Benjamin Disraeli

Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth. – 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

You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men. – Benjamin Disraeli

We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end. – Benjamin Disraeli

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

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes. – Benjamin Disraeli

Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning. – Benjamin Disraeli

A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning. – Benjamin Disraeli

Where knowledge ends, religion begins. – Benjamin Disraeli

The view of Jerusalem is the history of the world it is more, it is the history of earth and of heaven. – Benjamin Disraeli

Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory. – Benjamin Disraeli

Assassination has never changed the history of the world. – 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

The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend. – Benjamin Disraeli

Action may not always bring happiness but there is no happiness without action. – Benjamin Disraeli

Almost everything that is great has been done by youth. – Benjamin Disraeli

To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge. – Benjamin Disraeli

Great countries are those that produce great people. – 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

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