Benjamin Disraeli1804–1881The quotations of
Benjamin Disraeli
British statesman
1804–1881
36 quotes, most often on Politics, Government and Comedy.
- Vivian Grey (1826), Book VI, Chapter 7
- Contarini Fleming (1832), Part 1, Chapter 13
What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expected generally happens.
Henrietta Temple (1837), Book 2, chapter 4- Speech in the House of Commons (14 May 1866)
- Henrietta Temple (1837), Book 2, chapter 1.
- Endymion (1880), Ch. 85.
The age of chivalry is past. Bores have succeeded to dragons.
The Young Duke (1831), Book II, Chapter 5.You know who critics are?— the men who have failed in literature and art.
Lothair (1870), Ch. 35The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians.
Lothair (1870), Ch. 17.Grief is the agony of an instant; the indulgence of Grief the blunder of a life.
Vivian Grey (1826), Book VI, Chapter 7Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends.
Speech in the House of Commons (15 June 1874)Individuals may form communities, but it is institutions alone that can create a nation.
Speech in the Guildhall, London (9 November 1866), quoted in The Times (10 November 1866), p. 9I am neither Whig nor Tory. My politics are described by one word, and that word is ENGLAND.
England and France; Or, A Cure for the Ministerial Gallomania (1832), p. 13- Speech at a banquet given by the city of Glasgow on his installation as Lord Rector of Glasgow University (19 November 1873), cited in Wit and Wisdom of Benjamin Disraeli (1881), p. 16
- Vivian Grey (1826), Book VIII, Chapter 4
