I never deny. I never contradict. I sometimes forget.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Forget, Never, Deny, Contradict
Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Success, Failure, Through, Seemed
There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Politics, Which, Meanness, Treachery
My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Me, Person, Idea, Agreeable
Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness and with fervor.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Life Is Too Short, Feels, Expresses
The difference between a misfortune and a calamity is this: If Gladstone fell into the Thames, it would be a misfortune. But if someone dragged him out again, that would be a calamity.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Him, Misfortune, Again, Dragged
Success is the child of audacity.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Success, Child, Success Is, Audacity
Nobody is forgotten when it is convenient to remember him.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Remember, Nobody, Forgotten, Convenient
Never complain and never explain.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Motivational, Never, Explain, Complain
What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Expect, Seldom, Least, Anticipate
In a progressive country change is constant; change is inevitable.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Change, Country, Inevitable, Progressive
The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Wisdom, Wise, Ages, Quotations
You will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities to be found in public life.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Courage, Grow, Will, Public Life
Worry - a God, invisible but omnipotent. It steals the bloom from the cheek and lightness from the pulse; it takes away the appetite, and turns the hair gray.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Worry, Away, Cheek, Pulse
Conservatism discards Prescription, shrinks from Principle, disavows Progress; having rejected all respect for antiquity, it offers no redress for the present, and makes no preparation for the future.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Principle, Offers, Having, Redress
Without publicity there can be no public support, and without public support every nation must decay.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Nation, Must, Public, Public Support
The more extensive a man's knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Knowing, Been, His, Extensive
When a man fell into his anecdotage it was a sign for him to retire from the world.
- Benjamin Disraeli
World, Fell, His, Retire
A man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely in the House of Lords. There are two distinct styles requisite: I intend, in the course of my career, if I have time, to give a specimen of both.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Career, Very, Distinct, Intend
The secret of success is constancy to purpose.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Success, Purpose, Success Is, Constancy
Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Inspirational, Heroes, Minds, Nurture
As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.
- Benjamin Disraeli
General, Most, General Rule
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Step, New, Most, New Word
Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Truth, Never, Feeling, Apologize
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
History, Beware, May, Odds
London is a roost for every bird.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Travel, Bird, London, Roost
Nature, like man, sometimes weeps from gladness.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Nature, Sometimes, Like, Gladness
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
Memory, City, Some, Great City
Without tact you can learn nothing.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Education, Learn, Nothing, Tact
London is a modern Babylon.
- Benjamin Disraeli
London, Modern, Babylon
The right honourable gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes. He has left them in the full enjoyment of their liberal positions, and he is himself a strict conservative of their garments.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Conservative, Caught, Away, Garments
Youth is a blunder; Manhood a struggle, Old Age a regret.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Regret, Old, Manhood, Struggle
The very phrase 'foreign affairs' makes an Englishman convinced that I am about to treat of subjects with which he has no concern.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Treat, Very, Which, Foreign Affairs
War is never a solution; it is an aggravation.
- Benjamin Disraeli
War, Solution, Never, Aggravation
The practice of politics in the East may be defined by one word: dissimulation.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Politics, Practice, East, Defined
Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Travel, Remember, I Remember, Travellers
The governments of the present day have to deal not merely with other governments, with emperors, kings and ministers, but also with the secret societies which have everywhere their unscrupulous agents, and can at the last moment upset all the governments' plans.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Deal, Other, Which, Agents
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
Circumstances, Creatures, Agents
Little things affect little minds.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Little Things, Minds, Affect, Little Minds
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
Conscience, Social, Very, Partial
To supervise people, you must either surpass them in their accomplishments or despise them.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Must, Either, Supervise, Surpass
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
Politics, King, Attributed, Louis
Assassination has never changed the history of the world.
- Benjamin Disraeli
World, Never, Assassination, Changed
The services in wartime are fit only for desperadoes, but in peace are only fit for fools.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Peace, Only, Fit, Wartime
What is earnest is not always true; on the contrary, error is often more earnest than truth.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Truth, More, Always, On The Contrary
Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Never, Tell, Stories, Amusing
William Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Single, Defect, William, Redeeming
Despair is the conclusion of fools.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Despair, Conclusion, Fools
The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Happiness, Depend, Which, Powers
No man is regular in his attendance at the House of Commons until he is married.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Marriage, His, Until, Regular
Man is made to adore and to obey: but if you will not command him, if you give him nothing to worship, he will fashion his own divinities, and find a chieftain in his own passions.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Give, Will, Made, Worship
Two nations between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy; who are as ignorant of each other's habits, thoughts, and feelings, as if they were dwellers in different zones, or inhabitants of different planets. The rich and the poor.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Thoughts, Other, Inhabitants, Feelings
He was distinguished for ignorance; for he had only one idea, and that was wrong.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Ignorance, Only, Idea, Distinguished
Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Success, Mother, Fortune, Good Fortune
Damn your principles! Stick to your party.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Principles, Damn, Stick, Party
Real politics are the possession and distribution of power.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Politics, Real, Possession, Distribution
Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Race, Principle, Analogy, Nationality
Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Man, Every Man, Until, Conceited
Great countries are those that produce great people.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Great, Produce, Countries, Great People
If a man be gloomy let him keep to himself. No one has the right to go croaking about society, or what is worse, looking as if he stifled grief.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Go, Right, About, Gloomy
The first magic of love is our ignorance that it can ever end.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Love, Magic, Ever, Love Is
Grief is the agony of an instant; the indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Blunder, Indulgence, Agony, Grief
Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Courage, Fire, Smoke, Bullying
Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Manners, Hard, Nowadays, Life Is Hard
We moralize among ruins.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Among, Ruins
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
Politics, Liberalism, Philosophical
That fatal drollery called a representative government.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Government, Fatal, Representative
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
Mind, Conceal, Frank, Explicit
A precedent embalms a principle.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Principle, Precedent
The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Imagination, Behind, Very, Governed
To tax the community for the advantage of a class is not protection: it is plunder.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Tax, Plunder, Advantage, Class
The people of England are the most enthusiastic in the world.
- Benjamin Disraeli
World, England, Most, Enthusiastic
The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians.
- Benjamin Disraeli
World, Politicians, Whom, Weary
We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Powerful, Never, Occasion, Prophets
There is no greater index of character so sure as the voice.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Character, Voice, Sure, Greater
Increased means and increased leisure are the two civilizers of man.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Man, Means, Increased, Leisure
A Conservative Government is an organized hypocrisy.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Government, Conservative, Organized
It is much easier to be critical than to be correct.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Critical, Than, Correct, Easier
It is easier to be critical than correct.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Critical, Than, Correct, Easier
How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.
- Benjamin Disraeli
How, Critical, How Much, Easier
There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Waste, Making, Like, Waste Of Time
There is moderation even in excess.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Moderation, Even, Excess
The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Ring, Within, Pleasures, Moderation
Moderation has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to console undistinguished people for their want of fortune and their lack of merit.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Fortune, Been, Console, Moderation
Moderation is the center wherein all philosophies, both human and divine, meet.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Meet, Center, Philosophies, Moderation
To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Step, Ignorant, Facts, Conscious
The fool wonders, the wise man asks.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Wise, Fool, Wonders, Wise Man
Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Danger, Prevent, Advantage, Spur
Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Power, Circumstances, Own, Conduct
The view of Jerusalem is the history of the world; it is more, it is the history of earth and of heaven.
- Benjamin Disraeli
World, View, Jerusalem, Heaven
It destroys one's nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Relationship, Nerves, Same, Amiable
In politics nothing is contemptible.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Politics, Nothing, Contemptible
I have brought myself, by long meditation, to the conviction that a human being with a settled purpose must accomplish it, and that nothing can resist a will which will stake even existence upon its fulfillment.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Human Being, Which, Brought, Fulfillment
I repeat... that all power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the people and for the people all springs, and all must exist.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Trust, Accountable, Springs, For The People
The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Youth, Nation, Posterity
Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Flattery, Everyone, Lay, Royalty
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
Mankind, Depends, Becoming, Dwelling
I have been ever of opinion that revolutions are not to be evaded.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Been, Revolutions, Ever, Opinion
Almost everything that is great has been done by youth.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Everything, Been, Almost, Almost Everything
No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Government, Opposition, Formidable
There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Three, Lies, Kinds, Statistics
Things must be done by parties, not by persons using parties as tools.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Things, Persons, Using, Parties
A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Destiny, Chance, Believes, Capricious
Fear makes us feel our humanity.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Fear, Feel, Makes, Humanity
Mediocrity can talk, but it is for genius to observe.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Genius, Talk, Observe, Mediocrity
Nine-tenths of the existing books are nonsense and the clever books are the refutation of that nonsense.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Clever, Books, Existing, Nonsense
Never take anything for granted.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Thankful, Never, Take, Granted
The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Success, Success Is, Ready
One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Success, Opportunity, His, Ready
The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Success, Opportunity, His, Ready
Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Genius, Powerful, Sometimes, Desperation
Power has only one duty - to secure the social welfare of the People.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Power, Only, Social, Duty
Duty cannot exist without faith.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Faith, Exist, Cannot, Duty
A majority is always better than the best repartee.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Better, Always, Repartee, Majority
As for our majority... one is enough.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Funny, Enough, Our, Majority
Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Seeing, Studying, Pillars, Much
Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.
- Benjamin Disraeli
History, Nothing, Read, Biography
Characters do not change. Opinions alter, but characters are only developed.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Change, Only, Characters, Opinions
Justice is truth in action.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Truth, Justice, Action
Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Experience, Child, Thought, Action
Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Happiness, Always, May, Action
If you're not very clever you should be conciliatory.
- Benjamin Disraeli
You, Should, Very, Clever
The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Great, Reveal, His, Riches
Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Truth, Precious, More, Truth Is
The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Science, Pursuit, Only, Leads
Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.
- Benjamin Disraeli
The Most Important, Next, Knowing
Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Will, Himself, Hours, Listen
Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Preservation, Least, Merit
There is no gambling like politics.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Politics, Like, Gambling
Teach us that wealth is not elegance, that profusion is not magnificence, that splendor is not beauty.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Beauty, Wealth, Splendor, Elegance
The more you are talked about the less powerful you are.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Powerful, More, About, Talked
The palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Happy, Palace, Cottage, Safe
I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Hope, I Am, Prepared, Worst
An author who speaks about their own books is almost as bad as a mother who speaks about her own children.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Mother, Bad, Books, Author
Where knowledge ends, religion begins.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Knowledge, Begins, Where, Ends
There can be economy only where there is efficiency.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Efficiency, Only, Where, Economy
Adventures are to the adventurous.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Adventures, Adventurous
Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Enthusiasm, Genius, Must, Production
Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Truth, Anxious, Unpleasant, Coming
Change is inevitable. Change is constant.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Change, Inevitable, Constant
Travel teaches toleration.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Travel, Teaches, Toleration
We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Love, Born, Principle, Existence
A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Light, Liberty, University, Place
Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Education, Fate, Country, Depends
Man is only great when he acts from passion.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Wisdom, Man, Only, Passion
Genius, when young, is divine.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Genius, Young, Divine
Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Independent, Because, Cease, Colonies
Silence is the mother of truth.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Mother, Truth, Silence
You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Strength, Women, Nation, Behind
There is no index of character so sure as the voice.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Character, Sure, Voice
We cannot learn men from books.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Education, Learn, Books, We Cannot
There is no education like adversity.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Education, Like, Adversity
I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?
- Benjamin Disraeli
Leader, Must, Am, Follow
Finality is not the language of politics.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Politics, Finality, Language
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