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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.

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“Characters do not change. Opinions alter, but characters are only developed.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

Change

All Quotes by Benjamin Disraeli

“There is no education like adversity.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

Education

“The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

Experience

“Fear makes us feel our humanity.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

Fear

“The secret of success is constancy to purpose.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

Success

“Finality is not the language of politics.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

Politics

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

— Benjamin Disraeli

Life

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

— Benjamin Disraeli

Government

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

— Benjamin Disraeli

Great

“In a progressive country change is constant change is inevitable.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

Change

“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

“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

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

— Benjamin Disraeli

Beauty

“Great countries are those that produce great people.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

Great

“You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

Men

“There is no gambling like politics.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

Politics

“There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

Time

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

— Benjamin Disraeli

Success

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

— Benjamin Disraeli

Nature

“Where knowledge ends, religion begins.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

Knowledge

“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