Benjamin Disraeli

Characters do not change. Opinions alter, but characters are only developed.

Benjamin Disraeli

Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.

Benjamin Disraeli

Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them.

Benjamin Disraeli

Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent.

Benjamin Disraeli

Critics are those who have failed in literature and art.

Benjamin Disraeli

Destiny bears us to our lot, and destiny is perhaps our own will.

Benjamin Disraeli

England is governed not by logic but by parliament.

Benjamin Disraeli

Every moment is travel – if understood.

Benjamin Disraeli

Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel.

Benjamin Disraeli

Fame has eagle wings, and yet she mounts not so high as man’s desires.

Benjamin Disraeli