Benjamin Disraeli

“A precedent embalms a principle.”

“Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation.”

“You will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities to be found in public life.”

“The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.”

“I have been ever of opinion that revolutions are not to be evaded.”

“The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.”

“We moralize among ruins.”

“Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.”

“The services in wartime are fit only for desperadoes, but in peace are only fit for fools.”

“Power has only one duty - to secure the social welfare of the People.”

“Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.”

“There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.”

“Without tact you can learn nothing.”

“The more you are talked about the less powerful you are.”

“Travel teaches toleration.”

“Things must be done by parties, not by persons using parties as tools.”

“Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen.”

“The fool wonders, the wise man asks.”