Benjamin Disraeli Quotes

Accent and emphasis are the pith of reading; punctuation is but secondary.

Nobody should ever look anxious except those who have no anxiety.

Modern science has vindicated the natural equality of man.

A nation has a fixed quantity of invention, and it will make itself felt.

Change is constant in a progressive country.

A Protestant, if he wants aid or advice on any matter, can only go to his solicitor.

I will sit down now, but the time will come when you will hear me.

Moderation is the center wherein all philosophies, both human and divine, meet.

What are the most brilliant of our chymical discoveries compared with the invention of fire and the metals?

England does not love coalitions.

London; a nation, not a city.

It is remarkable that when great discoveries are effected, their simplicity always seems to detract from their originality: on these occasions we are reminded of the egg of Columbus!

Nature is stronger than education.

Nine-tenths of all existing books are nonsense.

You have proved it is a very moral habit.

Lady Lytton rules her husband, but that I suppose is always the case where marriages are what is called 'happy'.

The right hon. Gentleman [Sir Robert Peel] caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes.

The British people, being subject to fogs, require grave statesmen.

To do nothing and get something, formed a boy's ideal of a manly career.

Here's to the man who rode the race, who took the time, who kept the time, and who did the trick.

What we call the heart is a nervous sensation, like shyness, which gradually disappears in society. It is fervent in the nursery, strong in the domestic circle, tumultuous at school.

I have a great confidence in the revelations which holidays bring forth.

He who anticipates his century is generally persecuted when living, and always pilfered when dead.

The more you are talked about the less powerful you are.

The enterprise of America precedes that of Europe, as the industry of England precedes that of the rest of Europe.

All is race - there is no other truth.

The noble lord is the Rupert of debate.

Trust not overmuch to the blessed Magdalen; learn to protect yourself.

Her Majesty is not a subject.

That earliest shock in one's life which occurs to all of us; which first makes us think.

The sweet simplicity of the three percents.

As I sat opposite the Treasury Bench the ministers reminded me of one of those marine landscapes not very unusual on the coasts of South America. You behold a range of exhausted volcanoes.

We live in age of prudence. The leaders of the people now generally follow.

A new acquaintance is like a new book. I prefer it, even if bad, to a classic.

There are three types of lies -- lies, damn lies, and statistics.

The secret to success is constancy of purpose.

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

Read no history--nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.

There is no index of character as sure as the voice.

Justice is truth in action.~ BENJAMIN DISRAELI, speech, Feb. 11, 1851

The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but to reveal to him his own.

Be frank and explicit. That is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and to confuse the minds of others.

Youth is a blunder Manhood a struggle Old Age a regret.

Nothing in life is more remarkable than the unnecessary anxiety which we endure and generally create ourselves.

I am bound to furnish my antagonists with arguments but not with comprehension.

The author who speaks about his own books is almost as bad as a mother who talks about her own children.

The delight of opening a new pursuit or a new course of reading imparts the vivacity and novelty of youth even to old age.

Change is inevitable in a progressive society. Change is constant.

He has not a single redeeming defect.

His Christianity was muscular.