696 Quotes by Benjamin Disraeli

I do not understand how an aristocracy can exist, unless it be distinguished by some quality which no other class of the community possesses.

He thinks posterity is a pack-horse, always ready to be loaded.

Never complain and never explain.

The delight of opening a new pursuit, or a new course of reading, imparts the vivacity and novelty of youth even to old age.

A man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely in the House of Lords. There are two distinct styles requisite: I intend, in the course of my career, if I have time, to give a specimen of both.

It is a great mistake to suppose that bribery and corruption, although they may be very convenient for gratifying the ambition or the vanity of individuals, have any great effect upon the fortunes or the power of parties. And it is a great mistake to suppose that bribery and corruption are means by which power can either be ob-tained or retained.

Sir, very few people reach posterity. Who amongst us may arrive at that destination I presume not to vaticinate. Posterity is a most limited assembly. Those gentlemen who reach posterity are not much more numerous than the planets.

Never argue. In society nothing must be; give only results. If any person differs from you, bow, and turn the conversation.

Ignorance never settles a question.