Quotes from Benjamin Disraeli
Proverbs were anterior to boots, and formed the wisdom of the vulgar, and in the earliest ages were the unwritten laws of morality.
— Benjamin Disraeli
Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.
— Benjamin Disraeli
Man is made to create, from the poet to the potter.
— Benjamin Disraeli
Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions; never irresistible but when he appeals to the imagination.
— Benjamin Disraeli
With words we govern men.
— Benjamin Disraeli
A realist is a man who insists on making the same mistakes his grandfather did.
— Benjamin Disraeli
What art was to the ancient world, Science is to the modern; the distinctive faculty. In the minds of men, the useful has succeeded to the beautiful.
— Benjamin Disraeli
There is no education like adversity.
— Benjamin Disraeli
Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness and with fervor.
— Benjamin Disraeli
Things must be done by parties, not by persons using parties as tools.
— Benjamin Disraeli
I am bound to furnish my antagonists with arguments but not with comprehension.
— Benjamin Disraeli
Novelty is an essential attribute of the beautiful.
— Benjamin Disraeli