Perseverance and tact are the two most important qualities for the individual who wants to move ahead.
Benjamin DisraeliThe eyes of the social herd, who always observe little things, and generally form from them their opinions of great affairs.
Benjamin DisraeliThere are few young women in existence who have not the power of fascinating, if they choose to exert it.
Benjamin DisraeliEngland is a domestic country. Here the home is revered and the hearth sacred. The nation is represented by a family,--the Royal family,--and if that family is educated with a sense of responsibility and a sentiment of public duty, it is difficult to exaggerate the salutary influence it may exercise over a nation.
Benjamin DisraeliO Music! Miraculous art! A blast of thy trumpet and millions rush forward to die; a peal of thy organ and uncounted nations sink down to pray.
Benjamin DisraeliThat youthful fervor, which is sometimes called enthusiasm, but which is a heat of imagination subsequently discovered to be inconsistent with the experience of actual life.
Benjamin DisraeliIn the hands of a genius, engineering turns to magic, philosophy becomes poetry, and science pure imagination.
Benjamin DisraeliAll of us encounter, at least once in our life, some individual who utters words that make us think forever. There are men whose phrases are oracles; who condense in one sentence the secrets of life; who blurt out an aphorism that forms a character or illustrates an existence.
Benjamin DisraeliThere is anguish in the recollection that we have not adequately appreciated the affection of those whom we have loved and lost.
Benjamin DisraeliThe Greeks adored their gods by the simple compliment of kissing their hands; and the Romans were treated as atheists if they would not perform the same act when they entered a temple. This custom, however, as a religious ceremony declined with paganism,but was continued as a salutation by inferiors to their superiors, or as a token of esteem among friends.
Benjamin DisraeliGovernments do not govern, but merely control the machinery of government, being themselves controlled by the hidden hand.
Benjamin DisraeliYou cannot choose between party government and Parliamentary government. I say, you can have no Parliamentary government if you have no party government; and, therefore, when gentlemen denounce party government, they strike at the scheme of government which, in my opinion, has made this country great, and which I hope will keep it great.
Benjamin DisraeliI think that an author who speaks about his own books is almost as bad as a mother who talks about her own children.
Benjamin DisraeliWhat wonderful things are events! The least are of greater importance than the most sublime and comprehensive speculations.
Benjamin Disraeli