Benjamin Disraeli

The conduct of men depends upon the temperament, not upon a bunch of musty maxims.

Benjamin Disraeli

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

Benjamin Disraeli

The difference of race is one of the reasons why I fear war may always exist; because race implies difference, difference implies superiority, and superiority leads to predominance.

Benjamin Disraeli

The English nation is never so great as in adversity.

Benjamin Disraeli

The eyes of the social herd, who always observe little things, and generally form from them their opinions of great affairs.

Benjamin Disraeli

The greatest of all evils is a weak government.

Benjamin Disraeli

The most dangerous strategy is to jump a chasm in two leaps.

Benjamin Disraeli

The most powerful men are not public men: a public man is responsible, and a responsible man is a slave. It is private life that governs the world.

Benjamin Disraeli

The profound thinker always suspects that he is superficial.

Benjamin Disraeli

The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.

Benjamin Disraeli