“You will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities to be found in public life.” — Benjamin Disraeli
“The very phrase 'foreign affairs' makes an Englishman convinced that I am about to treat of subjects with which he has no concern.” — Benjamin Disraeli
“If a man be gloomy let him keep to himself. No one has the right to go croaking about society, or what is worse, looking as if he stifled grief.” — Benjamin Disraeli
“Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.” — Benjamin Disraeli
“My objection to Liberalism is this -- that it is the introduction into the practical business of life of the highest kind -- namely, politics -- of philosophical ideas instead of political principles.” — Benjamin Disraeli
“There is no education like adversity” — Benjamin Disraeli
“The fool wonders, the wise man asks.” — Benjamin Disraeli
“Frank and explicit - that is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and confuse the minds of others.” — Benjamin Disraeli
“Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness and with fervor.” — Benjamin Disraeli
“We live in an age when to be young and to be indifferent can be no longer synonymous. We must prepare for the coming hour. The claims of the Future are represented by suffering millions; and the Youth of a Nation are the trustees of Posterity.” — Benjamin Disraeli
“It destroys one's nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being.” — Benjamin Disraeli
“Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.” — Benjamin Disraeli