Benjamin Disraeli

British politician (1804 - 1881)

Great services are not canceled by one act or by one single error.

Benjamin Disraeli

Benjamin Disraeli, Sybil, 1845

British politician (1804 - 1881)

To be conscious that you are ignorant is a great step to knowledge.

Benjamin Disraeli, Sybil, 1845

Benjamin Disraeli

British politician (1804 - 1881)

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

Benjamin Disraeli

Benjamin Disraeli

British politician (1804 - 1881)

I feel a very unusual sensation - if it is not indigestion, I think it must be gratitude.

Benjamin Disraeli

Benjamin Disraeli

British politician (1804 - 1881)

When men are pure, laws are useless; when men are corrupt, laws are broken.

Benjamin Disraeli

Benjamin Disraeli

British politician (1804 - 1881)

When men are pure, laws are useless; when men are corrupt, laws are broken.

Benjamin Disraeli

Benjamin Disraeli

British politician (1804 - 1881)

The best way to become acquainted with a subject is to write a book about it.

Benjamin Disraeli

Benjamin Disraeli

British politician (1804 - 1881)

Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them.

Benjamin Disraeli

Benjamin Disraeli

British politician (1804 - 1881)

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

Benjamin Disraeli

Benjamin Disraeli

British politician (1804 - 1881)

What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expected generally happens.

Benjamin Disraeli

Benjamin Disraeli

British politician (1804 - 1881)

The wisdom of the wise, and the experience of ages, may be preserved by quotation.

Benjamin Disraeli

Benjamin Disraeli

British politician (1804 - 1881)

The secret of success is constancy to purpose.

Benjamin Disraeli

Benjamin Disraeli

British politician (1804 - 1881)

My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.

Benjamin Disraeli

Benjamin Disraeli

British politician (1804 - 1881)

My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.

Benjamin Disraeli

Benjamin Disraeli

British politician (1804 - 1881)

It is knowledge that influences and equalizes the social condition of man; that gives to all, however different their political position, passions which are in common, and enjoyments which are universal.

Benjamin Disraeli

Benjamin Disraeli

British politician (1804 - 1881)

The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can ever end.

Benjamin Disraeli

Benjamin Disraeli

British politician (1804 - 1881)

Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forgo an advantage.

Benjamin Disraeli

Benjamin Disraeli

British politician (1804 - 1881)

Ignorance never settles a question.

Benjamin Disraeli

Benjamin Disraeli

British politician (1804 - 1881)

The hare-brained chatter of irresponsible frivolity.

Benjamin Disraeli

Benjamin Disraeli

British politician (1804 - 1881)

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