BDBenjamin Disraeli (Earl Beaconsfield)

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Benjamin Disraeli (Earl Beaconsfield)

Life dates: 1805 AD — 1881 AD

Listed in the author section of Bartlett’s ninth-edition anthology, in the linked 1905 printing. Dates reflect that historical edition and may differ from modern scholarship.

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Quotations and sayings

01c. 1843 AD

To be conscious that you are ignorant is a great step to knowledge.

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02c. 1843 AD

Principle is ever my motto, not expediency.

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03c. 1843 AD

Mr. Kremlin was distinguished for ignorance; for he had only one idea, and that was wrong.

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04c. 1843 AD

Everything comes if a man will only wait.

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05c. 1843 AD

That when a man fell into his anecdotage, it was a sign for him to retire.

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06c. 1843 AD

You know who critics are?—the men who have failed in literature and art.

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07c. 1843 AD

His Christianity was muscular.

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08c. 1843 AD

The Athanasian Creed is the most splendid ecclesiastical lyric ever poured forth by the genius of man.

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09c. 1843 AD

The world is a wheel, and it will all come round right.

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10c. 1843 AD

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

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11c. 1843 AD

The sweet simplicity of the three per cents.

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12c. 1843 AD

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

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13c. 1843 AD

Nothing in life is more remarkable than the unnecessary anxiety which we endure and generally occasion ourselves.

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14c. 1843 AD

Despair is the conclusion of fools.

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15c. 1843 AD

Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm.

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16c. 1843 AD

Propriety of manners, and consideration for others, are the two main characteristics of a gentleman.

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17c. 1843 AD

Nurture your mind with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.

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18c. 1843 AD

A book may be as great a thing as a battle.

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19c. 1843 AD

A consistent man believes in destiny, a capricious man in chance.

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20c. 1843 AD

A great man is one who affects the mind of his generation.

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21c. 1843 AD

A great thing is a great book, but greater than all is the talk of a great man.

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22c. 1843 AD

Candour is the brightest gem of criticism.

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23c. 1843 AD

Change is inevitable in a progressive country—is constant.

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24c. 1843 AD

Christianity teaches us to love our neighbour. Modern society acknowledges no neighbour.

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