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The more you are talked about the less powerful you are.

The more you are talked about the less powerful you are.

Benjamin Disraeli
Powerful, Power, Speakers
Benjamin Disraeli (1881). “Collected Edition of the Novels and Tales by the Right Honorable B. Disraeli: Endymion”

To supervise people, you must either surpass them in their accomplishments or despise them.

Benjamin Disraeli
Accomplishment, People, Despise

That fatal drollery called a representative government.

Benjamin Disraeli
Government, Representatives, Representative Government
'Tancred' (1847) bk. 2, ch. 13

A beautiful hand is an excellent thing in woman; it is a charm that never palls; and better than all, it is a means of fascinating that never disappears.

Benjamin Disraeli
Beautiful, Mean, Hands

Modern science has vindicated the natural equality of man.

Benjamin Disraeli
Men, Modern, Natural
Benjamin Disraeli (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)”, p.5033, Delphi Classics

The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.

Benjamin Disraeli
Lying, Moderation, Pleasure

England does not love coalitions.

Benjamin Disraeli
Doe, England, Coalitions
'Hansard' 16 December 1852

That soul-subduing sentiment, harshly called flirtation, which is the spell of a country house.

Benjamin Disraeli
Country, Flirting, House
Benjamin Disraeli (Earl of Beaconsfield) (1886). “Wit and Wisdom of Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield: Collected from His Writings and Speeches”

The sympathy of sorrow is stronger than the sympathy of prosperity.

Benjamin Disraeli
Sympathy, Sorrow, Stronger
Benjamin Disraeli (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)”, p.3952, Delphi Classics

Fame has eagle wings, and yet she mounts not so high as man's desires.

Benjamin Disraeli
Men, Eagles, Wings
Benjamin Disraeli (1853). “The Young Duke ... By B. Disraeli. A New Edition”, p.80

Every moment is travel - if understood.

Benjamin Disraeli
Travel, Moments, Understood
Benjamin Disraeli (1863). “Coningsby, Or, The New Generation”, p.86

The noble lord is the Rupert of debate.

Benjamin Disraeli
Noble, Debate, Lord
'Hansard' 24 April 1844 (referring to Lord Stanley).

Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.

Benjamin Disraeli
Race, Miracle, Political
Benjamin Disraeli (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)”, p.5020, Delphi Classics

No one but an adventurous traveler can know the luxury of sleep.

Benjamin Disraeli
Sleep, Luxury, Adventurous
Benjamin Disraeli (2010). “Vivian Grey”, p.405, BoD – Books on Demand

Meditation is culture.

Benjamin Disraeli
Meditation, Culture
Benjamin Disraeli (1846). “Contarini Fleming: A Romance”, p.338

Things must be done by parties, not by persons using parties as tools.

Benjamin Disraeli
Party, Tools, Done
c.1874 Letter.

No affection and a great brain, these are the people to command the world.

Benjamin Disraeli
People, Brain, World

Ah, Ireland... That damnable, delightful country, where everything that is right is the opposite of what it ought to be.

Benjamin Disraeli
Country, Opposites, Delightful

No enemy is indeed so terrible as a man of genius.

Benjamin Disraeli
Men, Enemy, Genius
"Curiosities of Literature".

Nobody should ever look anxious except those who have no anxiety.

Benjamin Disraeli
Anxiety, Looks, Should
Benjamin Disraeli, Edmund Gosse, Robert Arnot (1904). “The works of Benjamin Disraeli, earl of Beaconsfield: embracing novels, romances, plays, poems, biography, short stories and great speeches”

There can be no economy where there is no efficiency.

Benjamin Disraeli
Economy, Efficiency
Address to his Constituents, 1 October 1868, in 'The Times' 3 October 1868

What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.

Benjamin Disraeli
Vices, Prison, Crime
Benjamin Disraeli, Edmund Gosse, Robert Arnot (1904). “The works of Benjamin Disraeli, earl of Beaconsfield: embracing novels, romances, plays, poems, biography, short stories and great speeches”

Accent and emphasis are the pith of reading; punctuation is but secondary.

Benjamin Disraeli
Reading, Punctuation, Accents

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

Benjamin Disraeli
Life, Science, Atmosphere
Benjamin Disraeli (1844). “Coningsby, etc”, p.115

To do nothing and get something, formed a boy's ideal of a manly career.

Benjamin Disraeli
Boys, Careers, Ideals
'Sybil' (1845) bk. 1, ch. 5