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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.

“Duty cannot exist without faith.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

Faith

All Quotes by Benjamin Disraeli

“If a man be gloomy let him keep to himself. No one has the right to go croaking about society, or what is worse, looking as if he stifled grief.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

Society

“The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

Good

“Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

Time

“Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

Men

“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

“Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

Failure

“There is no education like adversity.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

Education

“There is no gambling like politics.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

Politics

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

— Benjamin Disraeli

War

“I repeat... that all power is a trust that we are accountable for its exercise that from the people and for the people all springs, and all must exist.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

Power

“That fatal drollery called a representative government.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

Government

“The services in wartime are fit only for desperadoes, but in peace are only fit for fools.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

Peace

“Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

Truth

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

— Benjamin Disraeli

Truth

“Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

Experience

“Power has only one duty - to secure the social welfare of the People.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

Power

“To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

Great

“The practice of politics in the East may be defined by one word: dissimulation.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

Politics

“Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

Great

“Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

Learning