Benjamin Disraeli Quotes

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Is it what you call civilization that makes England flourish? Is it the universal development of the faculties of man that has rendered an island, almost unknown to the ancients, the
arbiter of the world? Clearly not. It is the inhabitants that have done this. It is an affair of race.... All is race, there is no other truth.

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A man's fate is his own temper; and according to that will be his opinion as to the particular manner in which the course of events is regulated. A consistent man believes in destiny, a capricious man in chance.

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Perseverance and tact are the two great qualities most valuable for all those who would climb, but especially for those who have to step out of the crowd.

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I do not believe such a quality as chance exists. Every incident that happens must be a link in a chain.

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There is scarcely any popular tenet more erroneous than that which holds that when time is slow, life is dull.

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What we call the heart is a nervous sensation, like shyness, which gradually disappears in society. It is fervent in the nursery, strong in the domestic circle, tumultuous at school.

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The stage is a supplement to the pulpit, where virtue, according to Plato's sublime idea, moves our love and affection when made visible to the eye.

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The eyes of the social herd, who always observe little things, and generally form from them their opinions of great affairs.

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The Egremonts had never said anything that was remembered, or done anything that could be recalled.

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What Art was to the ancient world, Science is to the modern...

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It shows you exactly how a star is formed; nothing else can be so pretty! A cluster of vapor, the cream of the milky way, a sort of celestial cheese, churned into light.

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Man is a being born to believe. And if no church comes forward with its title-deeds of truth to guide him, he will find altars and idols in his own heart and his own imagination.

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Nobody should ever look anxious except those who have no anxiety.

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What appear to be calamities are often the sources of fortune.

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It is a great mistake to suppose that bribery and corruption, although they may be very convenient for gratifying the ambition or the vanity of individuals, have any great effect upon the fortunes or the power of parties. And it is a great mistake to suppose that bribery and corruption are means by which power can either be ob-tained or retained.

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A machine is a slave that neither brings nor bears degradation.

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To a mother, a child is everything; but to a child, a parent is only a link in the chain of her existence.

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Generally speaking, among sensible persons, it would seem that a rich man deems that friend a sincere one who does not want to borrow his money; while, among the less favored with fortune's gifts, the sincere friend is generally esteemed to be the individual who is ready to lend it.

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I am bound to furnish my antagonists with arguments, but not with comprehension.

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Destiny bears us to our lot, and destiny is perhaps our own will.

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Christianity teaches us to love our neighbor as ourself; modern society acknowledges no neighbor.

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Modern science has vindicated the natural equality of man.

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Of all unfortunate men one of the unhappiest is a middling author endowed with too lively a sensibility for criticism.

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As we retain but a faint remembrance of our felicity, it is but fair that the smartest stroke of sorrow should, if bitter, at least be brief.

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A good eater must be a good man; for a good eater must have a good digestion, and a good digestion depends upon a good conscience.

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What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.

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Happiness is only to be found in a recurrence to the principles of human nature; and these will prompt very simple measures.

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It shows you exactly how a star is formed; nothing can be so pretty! A cluster of vapor, the cream of the milky way, a sort of celestial cheese, churned into light...

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Great men should think of opportunity and not of time. That is the excuse of feeble and puzzled spirits.

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I think there is nothing more lovely than the love of two beautiful women who are not envious of each other's charms.

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