Benjamin Disraeli Quotes

British - Statesman | December 21, 1804 - April 19, 1881

It is much easier to be critical than to be correct.

Benjamin Disraeli

CriticalEasierThanCorrectMuch

What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.

Benjamin Disraeli

ExpectHappensSeldomLeastOccurs

Nobody is forgotten when it is convenient to remember him.

Benjamin Disraeli

RememberNobodyHimForgotten

A Conservative Government is an organized hypocrisy.

Benjamin Disraeli

GovernmentHypocrisyConservative

We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets.

Benjamin Disraeli

OpportunityPowerfulLoseMoreNever

In politics nothing is contemptible.

Benjamin Disraeli

PoliticsNothingContemptible

As for our majority... one is enough.

Benjamin Disraeli

FunnyEnoughMajorityOur

Damn your principles! Stick to your party.

Benjamin Disraeli

PartyDamnPrinciplesStickYour

Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.

Benjamin Disraeli

LifeHistoryNothingWithoutTheory

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

MomentDayPresentKingsPlansLast

The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes.

Benjamin Disraeli

ImaginationWorldBehindDifferent

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

Benjamin Disraeli

TruthMenTellComingSomething

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