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Her Majesty is not a subject....

Her Majesty is not a subject.

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

An insular country, subject to...

An insular country, subject to fogs, and with a powerful middle class, requires grave statesmen.

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

We cannot learn men from books...

We cannot learn men from books.

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

Were it not for music, we migh...

Were it not for music, we might in these days say, the Beautiful is dead.

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

He who gains time gains everyt...

He who gains time gains everything.

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

It shows you exactly how a sta...

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.

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

The sweet simplicity of the th...

The sweet simplicity of the three percents.

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

If the history of England be e...

If the history of England be ever written by one who has the knowledge and the courage,-and both qualities are equally requisite for the undertaking, - the world will be more astonished than when reading the Roman annals by Niebuhr.

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

Without dancing you can never ...

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

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

The most powerful men are not ...

The most powerful men are not public men: a public man is responsible, and a responsible man is a slave. It is private life that governs the world.

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

Protection is not a principle ...

Protection is not a principle but an expedient

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

Cleanliness and order are not ...

Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them.

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

You asked me where I generally...

You asked me where I generally lived. In my workshop [i.e. in his study] in the mornings and always in the library in the evening. Books are companions even if you don't open them.

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

The British people, being subj...

The British people, being subject to fogs, require grave statesmen.

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

Lady Lytton rules her husband,...

Lady Lytton rules her husband, but that I suppose is always the case where marriages are what is called 'happy'.

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

Small things affects small min...

Small things affects small minds.

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

What is wanted in architecture...

What is wanted in architecture, as in so many things, is a man. ... One suggestion might be made-no profession in England has done its duty until it has furnished a victim. ... Even our boasted navy never achieved a great victory until we shot an admiral. Suppose an architect were hanged? Terror has its inspiration, as well as competition.

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

'Sorry' only counts for that...

'Sorry' only counts for that which it cannot alter.

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

There are few positions less i...

There are few positions less inspiriting than those of a discomfited party.

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

Nine-tenths of all existing bo...

Nine-tenths of all existing books are nonsense.

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

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