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Everything comes if a man will only wait.

Everything comes if a man will only wait.

Benjamin Disraeli
Patience, Hope, Men
Benjamin Disraeli (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)”, p.3352, Delphi Classics

All is mystery; but he is a slave who will not struggle to penetrate the dark veil.

Benjamin Disraeli
Philosophy, Struggle, Dark
Benjamin Disraeli (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)”, p.1153, Delphi Classics

Truth travels slowly, but it will reach even you in time.

Benjamin Disraeli
Truth, Learning, History

Man is a being born to believe. And if no church comes forward with its title-deeds of truth to guide him, he will find altars and idols in his own heart and his own imagination.

Benjamin Disraeli
Art, Truth, Honesty
Benjamin Disraeli (Earl of Beaconsfield) (1865). ““Church and Queen.” Five speeches delivered by the Rt. Hon. B. Disraeli, M.P., 1860-1864. Edited, with a preface, by a member of the University of Oxford [i.e. the Hon. Frederick Lygon, afterwards Earl Beauchamp].”, p.72

The difference of race is one of the reasons why I fear war may always exist; because race implies difference, difference implies superiority, and superiority leads to predominance.

Benjamin Disraeli
War, Race, Differences
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”

A man's fate is his own temper.

Benjamin Disraeli
Fate, Men, Temper
Benjamin Disraeli (1859). “Vivian Grey”, p.191

Perseverance and tact are the two great qualities most valuable for all those who would climb, but especially for those who have to step out of the crowd.

Benjamin Disraeli
Perseverance, Two, Quality

Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth.

Benjamin Disraeli
Men, Political, Politics
Benjamin Disraeli (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)”, p.786, Delphi Classics

Life is too short to be little. You must enlarge your imagination and then act on it.

Benjamin Disraeli
Life Is Too Short, Imagination, Littles

Nature has given us two ears but only one mouth.

Benjamin Disraeli
Two, Silence, Ears
Benjamin Disraeli (1837). “Works”, p.324

There are some silent people who are more interesting than the best talkers.

Benjamin Disraeli
People, Interesting, Silent
Benjamin Disraeli (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)”, p.4031, Delphi Classics

I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.

Benjamin Disraeli
Inspirational, Hope, Planning
Benjamin Disraeli (Earl of Beaconsfield) (1833). “The Wondrous Tale of Alroy: The Rise of Iskander”, p.61

He who gains time gains everything.

Benjamin Disraeli
Inspirational, Gains, Time Management
Benjamin Disraeli (1847). “Works”, p.174

Money is power, and rare are the heads that can withstand the possession of great power.

Benjamin Disraeli
Money, Possession, Great Power
Benjamin Disraeli (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)”, p.1815, Delphi Classics

The art of conversation is to be prompt without being stubborn, to refute without argument, and to clothe great matters in a motley garb.

Benjamin Disraeli
Art, Stubborn, Matter
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”

Despair is the conclusion of fools.

Benjamin Disraeli
Doubt, Despair, Fool
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl Of Beacon The Earl of Beaconsfield (2010). “Novels and Tales by the Earl of Beaconsfield”, p.226, Wildside Press LLC

The disappointment of manhood succeeds the delusion of youth.

Benjamin Disraeli
Time, Disappointment, Failure
Benjamin Disraeli (2010). “Vivian Grey”, p.618, BoD – Books on Demand

As a rule, he or she who has the most information will have the greatest success in life.

Benjamin Disraeli
Life, Success, Congratulations
"Set course: Information management" by Miles Brignall, www.theguardian.com. May 9, 2003.

The practice of politics in the East may be defined by one word: dissimulation.

Benjamin Disraeli
Practice, Hypocrisy, East
'Contarini Fleming' (1832) pt. 5, ch. 10

My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.

Benjamin Disraeli
Funny, Wisdom, Sarcasm
Benjamin Disraeli (19??). “Lothair”

Everything in this world depends upon will.

Benjamin Disraeli
World, This World, Depends
Benjamin Disraeli (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)”, p.4161, Delphi Classics

There is no diplomacy like silence.

Benjamin Disraeli
Silence, Diplomacy

The world is governed by personalities very different to what people that cannot see further than their eyes, believe

Benjamin Disraeli
Believe, Eye, People

Success is the child of audacity.

Benjamin Disraeli
Inspirational, Motivational, Success
Benjamin Disraeli (1866). “Alroy”, p.263

There is no greater sin than to be trop prononce.

Benjamin Disraeli
Sin, Exaggeration, Greater
Benjamin Disraeli (Earl of Beaconsfield) (1831). “The Young Duke: "a Moral Tale, Though Gay"”, p.234