More from Benjamin Disraeli

  1. Then there was a maiden speech, so inaudible, that it was doubted whether, after all, the young orator really did lose his virginity.
  2. The age of chivalry is past. Bores have succeeded to dragons.
  3. A dark horse, which had never been thought of, and which the careless St. James had never even observed in the list, rushed past the grands…
  4. It destroys one's nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being.
  5. Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.
  6. A man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely in the House of Lords. There are two distinct styles requisite:…
  7. Like all great travellers I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen.
  8. Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for truth.

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