Benjamin Disraeli1804–1881The quotations of
Benjamin Disraeli
British statesman
1804–1881
36 quotes, most often on Politics, Government and Comedy.
- Remark, attributed in John Gordon Stewart Drysdale and John James Drysdale, The Protoplasmic Theory of Life (1874), p. 279 (note).
The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.
The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can never end.
Henrietta Temple (1837)- Vivian Grey (1826), Book III, Chapter 6
I have always thought that every woman should marry, and no man.
Lothair (1870), Ch. 30.My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.
- Count Alarcos: A Tragedy Act IV, sc. i (1839)
- Tancred (1847), Bk. II, Ch. 1
But what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is a day.
Sybil (1845), Book I, Chapter 2.- The Wondrous Tale of Alroy pt. 10, ch. 17
- Speech at Salthill (5 October 1864)
- Speech to the Oxford Diocesan Conference (25 November 1864), quoted in William Flavelle Monypenny and George Earle Buckle, The Life of Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield. Volume II. 1860–1881 (1929), p. 108
- Contarini Fleming (1832), Part 4, Chapter 5.
Often credited to Benjamin Disraeli
Quotes often credited to Benjamin Disraeli that were said or written by someone else.
