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Benjamin Disraeli was a British statesman and novelist who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. His leadership played a crucial role in shaping the modern Conservative Party and expanding the British Empire. He is remembered for his wit, reforms, and rivalry with William Gladstone. Here are 419 of his quotes:

Nobody is forgotten when it is convenient to remember him. (Benjamin Disraeli)
The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians. View quote
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Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful. View quote
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A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning. View quote
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A majority is always better than the best repartee. View quote
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The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend. View quote
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Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm. View quote
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The feeling of satiety, almost inseparable from large possessions, is a surer cause of misery than ungratified desires. View quote
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He was distinguished for ignorance; for he had only one idea, and that was wrong. View quote
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Assassination has never changed the history of the world. View quote
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Without tact you can learn nothing. (Benjamin Disraeli)
Eloquence is the child of knowledge. View quote
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Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger. View quote
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London is a modern Babylon. View quote
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Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel. View quote
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If a man be gloomy let him keep to himself. No one has the right to go croaking about society, or what is worse, looking as if he stifled grief. View quote
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Increased means and increased leisure are the two civilizers of man. View quote
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Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation. View quote
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There is no gambling like politics. View quote
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There is moderation even in excess. View quote
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The right honourable gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes. He has left them in the full enjoyment of their liberal positions, and he is himself a strict conservative of their garments. (Benjamin Disraeli)
A man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely in the House of Lords. There are two distinct styles requisite: I intend, in the course of my career, if I have time, to give a specimen of both. View quote
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The more you are talked about the less powerful you are. View quote
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The services in wartime are fit only for desperadoes, but in peace are only fit for fools. View quote
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No man is regular in his attendance at the House of Commons until he is married. View quote
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Benjamin Disraeli

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Occupation: British Statesman
Born: December 21, 1804
Died: April 19, 1881
Quotes count: 419
Wikipedia: Benjamin Disraeli

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