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Benjamin Disraeli

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Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881) was a British politician and writer who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He played a central role in the creation of the modern Conservative Party. Also a successful novelist, Disraeli was known for his eloquent speeches and memorable turns of phrase.

“Nature, like man, sometimes weeps from gladness.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

Nature

All Quotes by Benjamin Disraeli

“No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

Government

“There is no education like adversity.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

Education

“Travel teaches toleration.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

Travel

“War is never a solution it is an aggravation.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

War

“We live in an age when to be young and to be indifferent can be no longer synonymous. We must prepare for the coming hour. The claims of the Future are represented by suffering millions and the Youth of a Nation are the trustees of Posterity.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

Age

“One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

Life

“Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

Fear

“We cannot learn men from books.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

Men

“Two nations between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy who are as ignorant of each other's habits, thoughts, and feelings, as if they were dwellers in different zones, or inhabitants of different planets. The rich and the poor.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

Sympathy

“The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

Success

“Action may not always bring happiness but there is no happiness without action.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

Happiness

“What is earnest is not always true on the contrary, error is often more earnest than truth.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

Truth

“King Louis Philippe once said to me that he attributed the great success of the British nation in political life to their talking politics after dinner.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

Great

“Man is only great when he acts from passion.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

Great

“Almost everything that is great has been done by youth.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

Great

“Success is the child of audacity.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

Success

“Teach us that wealth is not elegance, that profusion is not magnificence, that splendor is not beauty.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

Beauty

“Fear makes us feel our humanity.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

Fear

“We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

Love

“The more extensive a man's knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

Knowledge