| 108 Famous Quotes by Benjamin Disraeli
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“The noble Lord (Stanley) was the Prince Rupert to the
Parliamentary army--his valour did not always serve his own
cause.”
Argument Quotes Source: in a speech in the House of Commons
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“Patience is a necessary ingredient of genius.”
Patience Quotes Source: Contarini Fleming (pt. IV, ch. 5)
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“The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into
politicians.”
Democracy Quotes Source: Lothair (ch. XVII)
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“The gondola of London [A hansom].”
Livery Quotes Source: Lothair (ch. XXVII), H. Schutz Wilson in "Three Paths" claims to have originated the phrase (1759)
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“Man is not the creature of circumstances,
Circumstances are the creatures of men.”
Circumstance Quotes Source: Vivian Grey (vol. II, bk. VI, ch. 7)
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“It is circumstances (difficulties) which show what men are.”
Circumstance Quotes Source: Vivian Grey (vol. II, bk. VI, ch. 7)
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“Change is inevitable in a progressive country,
Change is constant.”
Change Quotes Source: at Edinburgh
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“Assassinations has never changed the history of the world.”
History Quotes Source: Speech
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“It is much easier to be critical that to be correct.”
Criticism Quotes Source: in a speech in the House of Commons
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“You know who critics are?--the men who have failed in literature
and art.”
Criticism Quotes Source: Lothair (ch. XXXV)
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“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.”
Public trust Quotes Source: Vivian Grey (bk. VI, ch. VII)
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“The Athanasian Creed is the most splendid ecclesiastical lyric
ever poured forth by the genius of man.”
Doctrine Quotes Source: Endymion (ch. LIV)
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“There are Batavian graces in all he says.”
Countries Quotes Source: retort to Beresford Hope who had referred to him as an "Asian Mystery"
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“To get to know a country, you must have direct contact with the
earth. It's futile to gaze at the world through a car window.”
Countries Quotes Source: retort to Beresford Hope who had referred to him as an "Asian Mystery"
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“London is a roost for every bird.”
London Quotes Source: Lothair (ch. XI)
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“He thinks posterity is a pack-horse, always ready to be loaded.”
Posterity Quotes Source: Speech
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“Posterity is a most limited assembly. Those gentlemen who reach
posterity are not much more numerous than the planets.”
Posterity Quotes Source: Speech
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“I suppose, to use our national motto, something will turn up.
[Motto of Vraibleusia.]”
Expectation Quotes Source: Popanilla (ch. VII)
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“He was fash and full of faith that "something would turn up."”
Expectation Quotes Source: Tancred (bk. III, ch. VI)
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“Everything comes if a man will only wait.”
Expectation Quotes Source: Tancred (bk. IV, ch. VIII)
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“Ignorance never settles a question.”
Ignorance Quotes Source: in a speech in House of Commons
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“Mr. Kremlin himself was distinguished for ignorance, for he had
only one idea, and that was wrong.”
Ignorance Quotes Source: Sybil (bk. IV, ch. V)
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“Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends.”
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“The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.”
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“There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.”
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