696 Quotes by Benjamin Disraeli

The 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.

That soul-subduing sentiment, harshly called flirtation, which is the spell of a country house.

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

Success is a product of unremitting attention to purpose.

Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.

Patriotism depends as much on mutual suffering as on mutual success; and it is by that experience of all fortunes and all feelings that a great national character is created.

Beauty and health are the chief sources of happiness.

Nature, like man, sometimes weeps from gladness.

Every man should marry - and no woman