Man is made to adore and to obey: but if you will not command him, if you give him nothing to worship, he will fashion his own divinities, and find a chieftain in his own passions. – Benjamin Disraeli
Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy. – Benjamin Disraeli
An author who speaks about their own books is almost as bad as a mother who speaks about her own children. – Benjamin Disraeli
The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes. – Benjamin Disraeli
We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets. – Benjamin Disraeli
The right honourable gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes. He has left them in the full enjoyment of their liberal positions, and he is himself a strict conservative of their garments. – Benjamin Disraeli
Nine-tenths of the existing books are nonsense and the clever books are the refutation of that nonsense. – Benjamin Disraeli
The best security for civilization is the dwelling, and upon properly appointed and becoming dwellings depends, more than anything else, the improvement of mankind. – Benjamin Disraeli
