696 Quotes by Benjamin Disraeli

Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions; never irresistible but when he appeals to the imagination.

Power has only one duty - to secure the social welfare of the People.

The girl of the period sets up to be natural, and is only rude; mistakes insolence for innocence; says everything that comes first to her lips, and thinks she is gay when she is only giddy.

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

We are not creatures of circumstance; we are creators of circumstance.

England is unrivalled for two things - sport and politics.

Governments do not govern, but merely control the machinery of government, being themselves controlled by the hidden hand.

The view of Jerusalem is the history of the world; it is more, it is the history of earth and of heaven.

It is the lot of man to suffer; it is also his fortune to forget. Oblivion and sorrow share our being, as darkness and light divide the course of time.