Benjamin Disraeli Quotes

547 quotes · Politician, Author

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Benjamin Disraeli Quotes

All Philosophical Wise Courageous Sad Angry 547 quotes · page 29 of 46

Benjamin Disraeli

Politician, Author

Philosophical

“That youthful fervor, which is sometimes called enthusiasm, but which is a heat of imagination subsequently discovered to be inconsistent with the experience of actual life.”

Imagination Enthusiasm Heat

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Benjamin Disraeli

Politician, Author

Philosophical

“The European talks of progress because by the aid of a few scientific discoveries he has established a society which has mistaken comfort for civilisation.”

Progress Discovery Comfort

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Grateful

“The care of the public health is the first duty of the statesman.”

Firsts Care

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Hopeful

“Lord Salisbury and myself have brought you back peace--but a peace I hope with honour.”

Peace Lord

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Sad

“Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.”

Life Easy Inspire

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Wise

“Be thine own privy counsellor.”

Secrecy Counsellors

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Philosophical

“He thinks posterity is a pack-horse, always ready to be loaded.”

Thinking Horse

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Courageous

“Patriotism depends as much on mutual suffering as on mutual success; and it is by that experience of all fortunes and all feelings that a great national character is created.”

Character Feelings Patriotism

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Philosophical

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

Life Is Dull

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Wise

“Eloquence is the child of knowledge.”

Children Eloquence

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Angry

“There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations.”

Time Waste

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Grieving

“There is anguish in the recollection that we have not adequately appreciated the affection of those whom we have loved and lost.”

Lost Affection Appreciated

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