Benjamin Disraeli

British PM

Modern influential 202 sayings

Sayings by Benjamin Disraeli

Power has only one duty — to secure the social welfare of the people.

1872 — Speech in Manchester
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

The only way to ascertain the truth is to examine the evidence.

1860s — Reported saying
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

I am a gentleman. I live in a world of gentlemen.

1840s — Reported saying
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The secret of success is constancy to purpose.

1870s — Reported saying
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Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.

1870s — Reported saying
Strange & Unusual Confirmed

As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.

1860s — Reported saying
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

Travel teaches toleration.

1832 — Novel: Contarini Fleming
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The greatest wisdom is to be ignorant that you are wise.

1840s — Reported saying
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Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men.

1826 — Novel: Vivian Grey
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The youth of a nation are the trustees of posterity.

1867 — Speech
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The most important thing in life is to know how to live.

1870s — Reported saying
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Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.

1840s — Reported saying
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The people of England are the most enthusiastic in the world.

1867 — Speech
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Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.

1840s — Reported saying
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The East is a career.

1847 — Novel: Tancred
Strange & Unusual Confirmed

He was a man of fine parts, but he had no originality.

1860s — Reported saying about a political rival
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend.

1872 — Speech in the House of Commons
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There is no more potent antidote to the poison of an evil imagination than the free and healthy play of the mind upon the works of nature.

1832 — Novel: Contarini Fleming
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The only object of a good government is to obtain the greatest happiness of the greatest number.

1839 — Speech in the House of Commons
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I was born in a library.

1820s — Reported saying, referring to his scholarly upbringing
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