PinGive a man a fish and he will eat for a day; teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime; give a man religion and he will die praying for a fish.PinNurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.PinThere are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.PinTime is precious, but truth is more precious than time.PinNext to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.PinLike all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen. Also read: Travel QuotesPinWhen men are pure, laws are useless; when men are corrupt, laws are broken.PinThere is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour.PinNature, like man, sometimes weeps from gladness.PinMost people die with their music still locked up inside them.PinNever apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.PinAction may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.PinThe greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but to reveal to him his own.PinSeeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.PinCircumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.PinLet the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.PinPatience is a necessary ingredient of genius.PinDiligence is the mother of good fortune.PinThe best way to become acquainted with a subject is to write about it.PinNever complain and never explain.PinTalk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.
66 Best Benjamin Disraeli Quotes on Life, Politics, and Religion
PinThe wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.PinThe secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.PinNever take anything for granted.PinTo be conscious that you are ignorant is a great step to knowledge.PinThere is no education like adversity.PinIn a progressive country, change is constant… change is inevitable.PinPlagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation.PinThe secret to success is constancy of purpose.PinOne of the hardest things in this world is to admit you are wrong. And nothing is more helpful in resolving a situation than its frank admission.PinSir, I shall not defeat you – I shall transcend you.PinLittle things affect little minds.PinWe are not creatures of circumstance; we are creators of circumstance.PinMediocrity can talk, but it is for genius to observe.PinNo Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition.PinWhat we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expected generally happens.PinMan is only great when he acts from passion.PinBe civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few.PinRead no history-nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.PinThe greatest of all evils is a weak governmentPinI am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.PinThe magic of first love is our ignorance that it can ever end.PinAs a rule, man is a fool. When it’s hot, he wants it cool; When its cool, he wants it hot. Always wanting, what is not.PinWe are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end.PinHe was distinguished for ignorance; for he had only one idea, and that was wrong.PinBe amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.PinWhat we learn from history is that we do not learn from history.PinModeration is the center wherein all philosophies, both human and divine, meet.PinAll is mystery; but he is a slave who will not struggle to penetrate the dark veil.PinHow much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.
Man is made to adore and to obey: but if you will not command him, if you give him nothing to worship, he will fashion his own divinities, and find a chieftain in his own passions.”
Benjamin Disraeli
PinEverything comes if a man will only wait.PinAs a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.PinTaking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.PinSomething unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth.PinThe fool wonders, the wise man asks.PinWhen I want to read a novel, I write one.PinLife 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.PinSilence is the mother of truth.PinNine-tenths of the existing books are nonsense and the clever books are the refutation of that nonsense.PinDesperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.PinI must follow the people. Am I not their leader?PinYouth is a blunder; Manhood a struggle, Old Age a regret.PinWhere knowledge ends, religion begins.PinBut what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is a day.PinIt destroys one’s nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being.PinThe most dangerous strategy is to jump a chasm in two leaps.PinNowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.PinA great thing is a great book; but a greater thing than all is the talk of a great man.PinThe more extensive a man’s knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do.PinIgnorance never settles a question.PinNothing in life is more remarkable than the unnecessary anxiety which we endure, and generally create ourselves.PinHe who gains time gains everything.PinMan is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter.PinNobody is forgotten when it is convenient to remember him.PinPower has only one duty – to secure the social welfare of the People.PinCourage is fire, and bullying is smoke.PinBooks are companions even if you don’t open them.PinRomance has been elegantly defined as the offspring of fiction and love.PinTo govern men, you must either excel them in their accomplishments, or despise them.PinAll my successes have been built on my failures.PinI am a Conservative to preserve all that is good in our constitution, a Radical to remove all that is bad.PinExperience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.PinMy idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.PinReal politics are the possession and distribution of power.PinWhat is earnest is not always true; on the contrary, error is often more earnest than truth.PinSuccess is the child of audacity.PinIf you don’t believe in magic, then you can’t believe in reality.
Benjamin Disraeli Short Biography
Born on 20 February 1874 in Bloomsbury – a location within greater London, Benjamin Disraeli (In full: Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, Viscount Hughenden of Hughenden), was a British statesman (politician of the Conservative Party) and novelist who served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 1868, 1874–1880.
Disraeli was the only British prime minister to have been of Jewish birth.
Early in his life, Benjamin Disraeli was left heavily in debt after his failed business ventures which led to four ‘griefing years.’
After this, he decided to pursue a political career which results in four defeats before being elected as Tory candidate for Maidstone in 1837.
Disreali soon established himself as a compelling speaker and played a critical role in the creation of the modern Conservative Party.
He is remembered for his influential voice and his political battles against the Liberal Party leader William Ewart Gladstone.
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