Quotes by Benjamin Disraeli

About Benjamin Disraeli:

Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield is remembered for his influential voice in world affairs, his political battles with the Liberal leader William Ewart Gladstone, and his one-nation conservatism or "Tory democracy". He made the Conservatives the party most identified with the glory and power of the British Empire. He is, at 2015[update], the only British Prime Minister of Jewish birth.
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Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth.

Benjamin Disraeli

No man is regular in his attendance at the House of Commons until he is married.

Benjamin Disraeli

There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.

Benjamin Disraeli

If you're not very clever you should be conciliatory.

Benjamin Disraeli

There can be economy only where there is efficiency.

Benjamin Disraeli

Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.

Benjamin Disraeli

How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.

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Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent.

Benjamin Disraeli

Adventures are to the adventurous.

Benjamin Disraeli

What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.

Benjamin Disraeli

The difference between a misfortune and a calamity is this: If Gladstone fell into the Thames, it would be a misfortune. But if someone dragged him out again, that would be a calamity.

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Nobody is forgotten when it is convenient to remember him.

Benjamin Disraeli

Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.

Benjamin Disraeli

I have brought myself, by long meditation, to the conviction that a human being with a settled purpose must accomplish it, and that nothing can resist a will which will stake even existence upon its fulfillment.

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Frank and explicit - that is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and confuse the minds of others.

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Little things affect little minds.

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Mediocrity can talk, but it is for genius to observe.

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Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm.

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The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians.

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The fool wonders, the wise man asks.

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Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.

Benjamin Disraeli

Author Bio

  • NameBenjamin Disraeli
  • DescriptionBritish Conservative politician, writer, aristocrat and Prime Minister
  • BornDecember 21, 1804
  • DiedApril 19, 1881
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionPolitician; Novelist; Writer
  • AwardsFellow Of The Royal Society