Benjamin Disraeli Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

108 Famous Quotes by Benjamin Disraeli
“What we anticipate seldom occurs, what we least expected generally happens.”
Anticipation Quotes
“Assassination has never changed the history of the world”
Assassination Quotes
“Debt is a prolific mother of folly and of crime”
Debt Quotes
“Diligence is the mother of good fortune.”
Diligence Quotes
“Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm.”
Enthusiasm Quotes
“The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can ever end”
First love Quotes
“Candor is the brightest gem of criticism”
Frankness Quotes
“One of the hardest things in this world is to admit you are wrong. And nothing is more helpful in resolving a situation than its frank admission.”
Helpfulness Quotes
“The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example.”
Heroism Quotes
“Nurture your mind with great thoughts; to believe in the heroic makes heroes”
Heroism Quotes
“Judaism is not complete without Christianity and without Judaism, Christianity would not exist”
Judaism Quotes
“Sir, I say that justice is truth in action”
Justice Quotes
“Mediocrity can talk; but it is for genius to observe”
Mediocrity Quotes
“Without publicity there can be no public support, and without public support every nation must decay.”
Publicity Quotes
“The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages, may be preserved through quotations”
Quotations Quotes
“One of the hardest things in this world is to admit you are wrong. And nothing is more helpful in resolving a situation than its frank admission.”
Sincerity Quotes
“Without publicity there can be no public support, and without public support every nation must decay.”
Support Quotes
“Tact is the intelligence of the heart”
Tact Quotes
“His Christianity was muscular.”
Christianity Quotes
Source: Endymion (ch. XIV)
“The Duke of Wellington brought to the post of first minister immortal fame; a quality of success which would almost seem to include all others.”
Fame Quotes
Source: Sybil (bk. I, ch. III)
“The unexpected disappearance of Mr. Canning from the scene, followed by the transient and embarrassed phantom of Lord Goderich.”
Apparitions Quotes
Source: Endymion (ch. III)
“Silence is the mother of Truth.”
Silence Quotes
Source: Tancred (bk. IV, ch. IV)
“Justice is truth in action.”
Justice Quotes
Source: in a speech
“We are indeed a nation of shopkeepers.”
England Quotes
Source: The Young Duke (bk. I, ch. XI)
“Patience is a necessary ingredient of genius.”
Genius Quotes
Source: Contarini Fleming (pt. IV, ch. 5)