696 Quotes by Benjamin Disraeli

No man will treat with indifference the principle of race. It is the key to history, and why history is often so confused is that it has been written by men who are ignorant of this principle and all the knowledge it involves. . . Language and religion do not make a race--there is only one thing which makes a race, and that is blood.

London is a modern Babylon.

Nature has given us two ears but only one mouth.

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

No one for a moment can pretend that printing is so great a discovery as writing, or algebra as a language.

For life in general, there is but one decree; youth is a blunder, manhood a struggle, old age a regret

Propriety of manners, and consideration for others, are the two main characteristics of a gentleman.

The essence of education is the education of the body.

You asked me where I generally lived. In my workshop [i.e. in his study] in the mornings and always in the library in the evening. Books are companions even if you don’t open them.