Benjamin Disraeli Quotes about Funny
There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
Attributed to Disraeli by Mark Twain in his 'Autobiography' (1924) vol. 1, p. 246
When men are pure, laws are useless; when men are corrupt, laws are broken.
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: Contarini Fleming, v. 2. Count Alarcos. Popanilla”
My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.
Benjamin Disraeli (19??). “Lothair”
It destroys one's nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being.
Benjamin Disraeli (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)”, p.5019, Delphi Classics
Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.
Benjamin Disraeli, John Alexander Wilson Gunn, Melvin George Wiebe (1997). “Benjamin Disraeli Letters: 1852-1856”, p.265, University of Toronto Press
Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel.
To Matthew Arnold, in G. W. E. Russell 'Collections and Recollections' (1898) ch. 23
Benjamin Disraeli (1833). “Vivian Grey”, p.197
No man is regular in his attendance at the House of Commons until he is married.
"Disraeli and his Day". Book by Sir William Fraser, 1891.