Benjamin Disraeli Quotes

1804-1881, British Statesman, Prime Minister
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“Travel teaches tolerance.”
Tolerance
“Justice is truth in action.”
Justice
“Genius, when young, is divine.”
Genius
“It is the lot of man to suffer.”
Suffering
“Duty cannot exist without faith.”
VerifiedTancred (1847) · evidenceDuty
“A precedent embalms a principle.”
Tradition
“Success is the child of audacity.”
VerifiedThe Rise of Iskander ch. 4 (1833) · evidenceSuccess
“There is no wisdom like frankness.”
Candor
“Little things affect little minds.”
Mediocrity
“Despair is the conclusion of fools.”
Doubt
“Youth is the trustee of prosperity.”
Youth
“A person's fate is their own temper.”
Temperament
“He has not a single redeeming defect.”
VerifiedOn William Ewart Gladstone; attributed in William S. Walsh, Handy-Book of Literary Curiosities (1892), p. 357. · evidenceFaults
“Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.”
VerifiedCount Alarcos: A Tragedy Act IV, sc. i (1839) · evidenceCourage
“Amusement to an observing mind is study.”
VerifiedContarini Fleming (1832), Part 1, Chapter 23. · evidenceAmusement
“Change is inevitable. Change is constant.”
Change
“Candor is the brightest gem of criticism.”
MisattributedListed as misattributed to Benjamin Disraeli; no source in their known works. · evidenceCandor
“Everything comes if a man will only wait.”
VerifiedTancred (1847) · evidenceCycles
“Damn your principals. Stick to your Party!”
Unity
“We make our fortunes and we call them fate.”
Fate
“Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.”
Manners
“Patience is a necessary ingredient of genius.”
VerifiedContarini Fleming (1832), Part 4, Chapter 5. · evidenceGenius
“The secret to success is constancy to purpose.”
Purpose
“Protection is not a principle but an expedient.”
VerifiedSpeech in the House of Commons (17 March 1845) · evidenceTrade