If you want to be a leader of people, you must learn to watch events. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
England is a domestic country. Here the home is revered and the hearth sacred. The nation is represented by a family,--the Royal… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
If the history of England be ever written by one who has the knowledge and the courage,-and both qualities are equally requisite… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
Under this roof are the heads of the family of Rothschild - a name famous in every capital of Europe and every… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
The Greeks adored their gods by the simple compliment of kissing their hands; and the Romans were treated as atheists if they… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
There are few young women in existence who have not the power of fascinating, if they choose to exert it. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
A new acquaintance is like a new book. I prefer it, even if bad, to a classic. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
You cannot choose between party government and Parliamentary government. I say you can have no Parliamentary government if you have no party… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
Jews show so near an affinity to you... Where is your Christianity if you do not believe in their Judaism? — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
As we retain but a faint remembrance of our felicity, it is but fair that the smartest stroke of sorrow should, if… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
Never argue. In society nothing must be; give only results. If any person differs from you, bow, and turn the conversation. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
Some will read only old books, as if there were no valuable truths to be discovered in modern publications: others will only… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
Knowledge must be gained by ourselves. Mankind may supply us with facts; but the results, even if they agree with previous ones,… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
News is that which comes from the North, East, West and South, and if it comes from only one point on the… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
Nonsense, when earnest, is impressive, and sometimes takes you in. If you are in a hurry, you occasionally mistake it for sense. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
It has been said that the people of this country are deeply interested in the humanitarian and philanthropic considerations involved in [the… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
If you don't believe in magic, then you can't believe in reality. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
Man is a being born to believe. And if no church comes forward with its title-deeds of truth to guide him, he… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
A nation will not count the sacrifice it makes, if it supposes it is engaged in a struggle for its fame, its… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
Nothing can withstand the power of the human will if it is willing to stake its very existence to the extent of… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
A Protestant, if he wants aid or advice on any matter, can only go to his solicitor. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
If confidence is a plant of slow growth, credit is one which matures much more slowly. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
Whenever you see a man who is successful in society, try to discover what makes him pleasing, and if possible adopt his… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
If you establish a democracy, you must in due time reap the fruits of a democracy. You will in due season have… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
Next to the assumption of power was the responsibility of relinquishing it. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
The European talks of progress because by the aid of a few scientific discoveries he has established a society which has mistaken comfort for… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
It shows you exactly how a star is formed; nothing else can be so pretty! A cluster of vapor, the cream of the milky… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
Religion should be the rule of life, not a casual incident in it. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
Frank and explicit - that is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and confuse the minds of… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
I was told that the privileged and the people formed two nations. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
Expediency is a law of nature. The camel is a wonderful animal, but the desert made the camel. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
