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Benjamin Disraeli

Benjamin Disraeli

English statesman and writer

Lived from: 1804 - 1881

Category: Politics | Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagUnited Kingdom

Born: 21 december 1804 Died: 19 april 1881

  • A sophistical rhetorician, inebriated with the exuberance of his own verbosity, and gifted with an egotistical imagination that can at all times command an interminable and inconsistent series of arguments to malign an opponent and to glorify himself.

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  • Fame and power are the objects of all men. Even their partial fruition is gained by very few; and that, too, at the expense of social pleasure, health, conscience, life.
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  • Cosmopolitan critics, men who are the friends of every country save their own.
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  • Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter.
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  • Moderation has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to console undistinguished people for their want of fortune and their lack of merit.
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  • Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth.
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  • When men are pure, laws are useless; when men are corrupt, laws are broken.
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  • With words we govern men.
    Contarini Fleming I, ch. 21
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What are the most famous quotes from Benjamin Disraeli?

The two most famous quotes from Benjamin Disraeli are:

  • "Fame and power are the objects of all men. Even their partial fruition is gained by very few; and that, too, at the expense of social pleasure, health, conscience, life."
  • "Cosmopolitan critics, men who are the friends of every country save their own."

When did Benjamin Disraeli live?

Benjamin Disraeli was born in 1804 and died in the year 1881.