More pernicious nonsense was never devised by man than treaties of commerce. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
When a man is going to try and borrow money, it is wise to look prosperous — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
Friendship is the gift of the gods, and the most precious boon to man. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
Cosmopolitan critics, men who are the friends of every country save their own. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
A realist is a man who insists on making the same mistakes his grandfather did. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
The question is this - Is man an ape or an angel? My Lord, I am on the side of the angels.… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
A female friend, amiable, clever, and devoted, is a possession more valuable than parks and palaces; and without such a muse, few… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
Moderation has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to console undistinguished people for their want of… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
What art was to the ancient world, Science is to the modern; the distinctive faculty. In the minds of men, the useful… — 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
Of all unfortunate men one of the unhappiest is a middling author endowed with too lively a sensibility for criticism. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
The press is not only free, it is powerful. That power is ours. It is the proudest that man can enjoy. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
A good eater must be a good man; for a good eater must have a good digestion, and a good digestion depends… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
What is wanted in architecture, as in so many things, is a man. ... One suggestion might be made-no profession in England… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
Is it what you call civilization that makes England flourish? Is it the universal development of the faculties of man that has… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
And it is a singular truth that, though a man may shake off national habits, accent, manner of thinking, style of dress,--though… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
Gentl, I am a party man. I believe that, without party, Parliamentary government is impossible. I look upon Parliamentary government as the… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
It is knowledge that influences and equalizes the social condition of man; that gives to all, however different their political position, passions… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
Generally speaking, among sensible persons, it would seem that a rich man deems that friend a sincere one who does not want… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
The press is not only free, it is powerful. That power is ours. It is the proudest that man can enjoy. It… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
In great cities men are brought together by the desire of gain. They are not in a state of co-operation, but of… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
How very seldom do you encounter in the world a man of great abilities, acquirements, experience, who will unmask his mind, unbutton… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
It was not reason that besieged Troy; it was not reason that sent forth the Saracen from the desert to conquer the… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
Scientific, like spiritual truth, has ever from the beginning been descending from heaven to man. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
A practical man is a man who practices the errors of his forefathers. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
It is well-known what a middleman is: he is a man who bamboozles one party and plunders the other. — 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