696 Quotes by Benjamin Disraeli

A sophisticated rhetorician, inebriated with the exuberance of his own verbosity.

Customs may not be as wise as laws, but they are always more popular.

Ah, Ireland... That damnable, delightful country, where everything that is right is the opposite of what it ought to be.

He who gains time gains everything.

Meditation is culture.

It is knowledge that influences and equalizes the social condition of man; that gives to all, however different their political position, passions which are in common, and enjoyments which are universal.

A good eater must be a good man; for a good eater must have a good digestion, and a good digestion depends upon a good conscience.

To supervise people, you must either surpass them in their accomplishments or despise them.

We can know nothing of humankind without knowing something of ourselves. Self-knowledge is the property of those people whose passions have their full play, but who ponder over their results.