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The feathered arrow of satire ...

The feathered arrow of satire has oft been wet with the heart's blood of its victims.

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

Be thine own privy counsellor....

Be thine own privy counsellor.

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

Demagogues and agitators are v...

Demagogues and agitators are very unpleasant, they are incidental to a free and constitutional country, and you must put up with these inconveniences or do without many important advantages.

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

Silence often expresses 'more ...

Silence often expresses 'more powerfully than speech the verdict and judgment of society.

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

Life is too short to be little...

Life is too short to be little. You must enlarge your imagination and then act on it.

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

I do not believe such a qualit...

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

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

Change is constant in a progre...

Change is constant in a progressive country.

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

As a rule, he or she who has t...

As a rule, he or she who has the most information will have the greatest success in life.

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

A canter is the cure for all e...

A canter is the cure for all evil.

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

Nurture your mind with great t...

Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

What are the most brilliant of...

What are the most brilliant of our chymical discoveries compared with the invention of fire and the metals?

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

Knowledge must be gained by ou...

Knowledge must be gained by ourselves. Mankind may supply us with facts; but the results, even if they agree with previous ones, must be the work of our own minds.

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

Why should one say that the ma...

Why should one say that the machine does not live? It breathes, for its breath forms the atmosphere of some towns.

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

Scientific, like spiritual tru...

Scientific, like spiritual truth, has ever from the beginning been descending from heaven to man.

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

It is remarkable that when gre...

It is remarkable that when great discoveries are effected, their simplicity always seems to detract from their originality: on these occasions we are reminded of the egg of Columbus!

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

Nature is stronger than educat...

Nature is stronger than education.

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

You have proved it is a very m...

You have proved it is a very moral habit.

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

What Art was to the ancient wo...

What Art was to the ancient world, Science is to the modern: the distinctive faculty. In the minds of men the useful has succeeded to the beautiful. Instead of the city of the Violet Crown, a Lancashire village has expanded into a mighty region of factories and warehouses. Yet, rightly understood, Manchester is as great a human exploit; as Athens.

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

The Duke of Wellington brought...

The Duke of Wellington brought to the post of first minister immortal fame,-a quality of success which would almost seem to include all others.

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

The originality of a subject i...

The originality of a subject is in its treatment.

Benjamin Disraeli 809 quotes

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