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Benjamin Disraeli (1804 – 1881)


British politician, novelist, and essayist, serving twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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Benjamin Disraeli
Without tact you can learn nothing.
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The view of Jerusalem is the history of the world; it is more, it is the history of earth and of heaven.
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When men are pure, laws are useless; when men are corrupt, laws are broken.




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Under this roof are the heads of the family of Rothschild a name famous in every capital of Europe and every division of the globe. If you like, we shall divide the United States into two parts, one for you, James, and one for you, Lionel. Napoleon will do exactly and all that I shall advise him to do; and to Bismark will be suggested such an intoxicating programme as to make him our abject slave.
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What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expected generally happens.
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Miss Sands told me that Queen Victoria, who was latterly éprise with Disraeli, one day asked him what was his real religion. "Madam," he replied, "I am the blank page between the Old Testament and the New."
Benjamin Disraeli
Books are fatal: they are the curse of the human race. Nine- tenths of existing books are nonsense, and the clever books are the refutation of that nonsense. The greatest misfortune that ever befell man was the invention of printing.
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We have brought a peace, and we trust we have brought a peace with honour, and I trust that that will now be followed by the prosperity of the country.
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The secret of success is constancy to purpose.
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...a man who is never beaten. Every reverse, every defeat is to him only an admonition to wait and catch his opportunity of retrieving his position.
Benjamin Disraeli
The characteristic of the present age is craving credulity.




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There is moderation even in excess.
Benjamin Disraeli
What is the question now placed before society with the glib assurance which to me is most astonishing? That question is this: Is man an ape or an angel? I, my lord, I am on the side of the angels. I repudiate with indignation and abhorrence those new fangled theories.
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Increased means and increased leisure are the two civilizers of man.
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Many thanks: I shall lose no time in reading it.
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