Benjamin Disraeli
120 quotations
When a man fell into his anecdotage it was a sign for him to retire from the world.
Man is only truly great when he acts from his passions.
A great person is one who affects the mind of their generation.
Grief is the agony of an instant. The indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.
The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example.
He was distinguished for ignorance; for he had only one idea, and that was wrong.
To be conscience that you are ignorant is a great step to knowledge.
Justice is truth in action.
When men are pure, laws are useless; when men are corrupt, laws are broken.
No affection and a great brain, these are the people to command the world.
I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?
A university should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.
Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.
Cosmopolitan critics, men who are the friends of every country save their own.
We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end.
The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can never end.
To supervise people, you must either surpass them in their accomplishments or despise them.
Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.
It destroys one's nerve to be amiable every day to the same human being.
Mediocrity can talk, but it is for genius to observe.
Little things affect little minds.
We moralize among ruins.
Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.
Great countries are those that produce great people.
Nature, like man, sometimes weeps from gladness.