Benjamin Disraeli – Page 6

In a progressive country change is constant change is inevitable. – Benjamin Disraeli

My objection to Liberalism is this that it is the introduction into the practical business of life of the highest kind namely, politics of philosophical ideas instead of political principles. – Benjamin Disraeli

As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information. – Benjamin Disraeli

A majority is always better than the best repartee. – Benjamin Disraeli

The best security for civilization is the dwelling, and upon properly appointed and becoming dwellings depends, more than anything else, the improvement of mankind. – Benjamin Disraeli

I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best. – Benjamin Disraeli

Teach us that wealth is not elegance, that profusion is not magnificence, that splendor is not beauty. – Benjamin Disraeli

A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art. – Benjamin Disraeli

We live in an age when to be young and to be indifferent can be no longer synonymous. We must prepare for the coming hour. The claims of the Future are represented by suffering millions and the Youth of a Nation are the trustees of Posterity. – Benjamin Disraeli

War is never a solution; it is an aggravation. – Benjamin Disraeli

But what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is a day. – Benjamin Disraeli

Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen. – Benjamin Disraeli

Talk to people about themselves and they will listen for hours. – Benjamin Disraeli

Silence is the mother of truth. – Benjamin Disraeli

All of us encounter, at least once in our life, some individual who utters words that make us think forever. There are men whose phrases are oracles; who can condense in one sentence the secrets of life; who blurt out an aphorism that forms a character, or illustrates an existence. – Benjamin Disraeli

Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation. – Benjamin Disraeli

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

Were it not for music, we might in these days say, the Beautiful is dead. – Benjamin Disraeli

No man is regular in his attendance at the House of Commons until he is married. – Benjamin Disraeli

The question is this: Is man an ape or an angel? I am on the side of the angels. – Benjamin Disraeli