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The governments of the present day have to deal not merely with other governments, with emperors, kings and ministers, but also with the secret societies which have everywhere their unscrupulous agents, and can at the

The governments of the present day have to deal not merely with other governments, with emperors, kings and ministers, but also with the secret societies which have everywhere their unscrupulous agents, and can at the last moment upset all the governments' plans.

Benjamin Disraeli
Kings, World Government, Order

I do not like giving advice: it is incurring an unnecessary responsibility.

Benjamin Disraeli
Responsibility, Giving, Advice

All is race; there is no other truth ,and every race must fall which carelessly suffers its blood to become mixed.

Benjamin Disraeli
Fall, Race, Blood

When men are young, they want experience and when they have gained experience, they want energy.

Benjamin Disraeli
Men, Energy, Want
Benjamin Disraeli (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)”, p.2404, Delphi Classics

I have brought myself, by long meditation, to the conviction that a human being with a settled purpose must accomplish it, and that nothing can resist a will which will stake even existence upon its fulfillment.

Benjamin Disraeli
Inspirational, Perseverance, Determination
Benjamin Disraeli (Earl of Beaconsfield) (1886). “Wit and Wisdom of Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield: Collected from His Writings and Speeches”

Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.

Benjamin Disraeli
Funny, Education, Inspiration
"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

What appear to be calamities are often the sources of fortune.

Benjamin Disraeli
Success, Failure, Fortune
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”

The greatest of all evils is a weak government

Benjamin Disraeli
Government, Evil, Weak Government
Benjamin Disraeli (1844). “Coningsby: Or, The New Generation”, p.242, London : H. Colburn

Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.

Benjamin Disraeli
Trust, Time, Truth
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”

Where knowledge ends, religion begins.

Benjamin Disraeli
Atheist, Religion, Atheism
Attributed to Benjamin Disraeli in John Gordon Stewart Drysdale and John James Drysdale "The Protoplasmic Theory of Life" (p. 279), 1874.

Youth is a blunder; Manhood a struggle, Old Age a regret.

Benjamin Disraeli
Birthday, Time, Regret
'Coningsby' (1844) bk. 3, ch. 1

Ignorance never settles a question.

Benjamin Disraeli
Ignorance, Intelligent, Intelligence
Benjamin Disraeli (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)”, p.5013, Delphi Classics

Patience is a necessary ingredient of genius.

Benjamin Disraeli
Happiness, Success, Patience
Benjamin Disraeli (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)”, p.5023, Delphi Classics

Diligence is the mother of good fortune.

Benjamin Disraeli
Life, Success, Mother

Little things affect little minds.

Benjamin Disraeli
Sarcastic, Work, Teaching
1845 Sybil, bk.3, ch.2.

Change is inevitable. Change is constant.

Benjamin Disraeli
Change, Intelligent, Inevitable

Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.

Benjamin Disraeli
Life, Motivational, Success
Benjamin Disraeli (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)”, p.4990, Delphi Classics

Never take anything for granted.

Benjamin Disraeli
Inspirational, Thank You, Thankful
Benjamin Disraeli, (1992). “The Sayings of Disraeli”, p.25, Gerald Duckworth & Co

Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness and with fervour.

Benjamin Disraeli
Short Life, Life Is Too Short, Life Is Short
"Coningsby, or The New Generation". Book by Benjamin Disraeli (Book VII, Chapter 2), 1844.

It is useless to deny, and impossible to conceal, that a great part of Europe, the whole of Italy and France, and a great portion of Germany, to say nothing of other countries - is covered with a network of these secret societies, just as the superfices of the Earth are being covered with railroads.

Benjamin Disraeli
Country, Europe, Secret

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

Benjamin Disraeli
Life, Positive, Veterans Day
Benjamin Disraeli (1844). “Coningsby: Or, The New Generation”, p.111, London : H. Colburn

To tax the community for the advantage of a class is not protection: it is plunder.

Benjamin Disraeli
Class, Community, Protection
Benjamin Disraeli (Earl of Beaconsfield) (1886). “Wit and Wisdom of Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield: Collected from His Writings and Speeches”

Women carry a beautiful hand with them to the grave, when a beautiful face has long ago vanished.

Benjamin Disraeli
Beautiful, Long Ago, Hands
Benjamin Disraeli (1871). “Collected Edition of the Novels and Tales”, p.143

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

Benjamin Disraeli
Bullying, Fake People, Army
Benjamin Disraeli (1881). “Collected Edition of the Novels and Tales by the Right Honorable B. Disraeli: Young duke and Count Alarcos”

One of the hardest things in this world is to admit you are wrong. And nothing is more helpful in resolving a situation than its frank admission.

Benjamin Disraeli
Honesty, World, Helpful