Top 564 Quotes & Sayings by Benjamin Disraeli - Page 10

We live in age of prudence. The leaders of the people now generally follow.

To do nothing and get something, formed a boy's ideal of a manly career.

I will sit down now, but the time will come when you will hear me.

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

Information upon points of practical politics.

Trust not overmuch to the blessed Magdalen; learn to protect yourself.

Conservatism... offers no redress for the present, and makes no preparation for the future.

That earliest shock in one's life which occurs to all of us; which first makes us think.

Twilight makes us pensive; Aurora is the goddess of activity; despair curses at midnight; hope blesses at noon.

No one but an adventurous traveler can know the luxury of sleep.

The sweet simplicity of the three percents.

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.

"As for that," said Waldenshare, "sensible men are all of the same religion." "Pray, what is that?" inquired the Prince. "Sensible men never tell."

As I sat opposite the Treasury Bench the ministers reminded me of one of those marine landscapes not very unusual on the coasts of South America. You behold a range of exhausted volcanoes.

It has been said that the people of this country are deeply interested in the humanitarian and philanthropic considerations involved in [the Eastern Question]. All must appreciate such feelings. But I am mistaken if there be not a yet deeper sentiment on the part of the people of this country, one with which I cannot doubt your lordships will ever sympathise, and that is - the determination to maintain the Empire of England.

You behold a range of exhausted volcanoes. Not a flame flickers on a single pallid crest.

The noble lord is the Rupert of debate.

All is race - there is no other truth.

Her Majesty is not a subject.

The depositary of power is always unpopular.

A new acquaintance is like a new book. I prefer it, even if bad, to a classic.

Without dancing you can never attain a perfectly graceful carriage, which is of the highest importance in life.

Here's to the man who rode the race, who took the time, who kept the time, and who did the trick.

The tendency of an advanced civilization is in truth monarchy.