Quote #227
The right honourable gentleman is reminiscent of a poker. The only difference is that a poker gives off the occasional signs of warmth. (On Robert Peel)
More from Benjamin Disraeli
- The press is not only free, it is powerful. That power is ours. It is the proudest that man can enjoy.
- The very phrase 'foreign affairs' makes an Englishman convinced that I am about to treat of subjects with which he has no concern.
- The palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy.
- The worst atrocity in Bulgaria is Gladstone's pamphlet on the subject.
- The most dangerous strategy is to jump a chasm in two leaps.
- There are three kinds of lies: Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics.
- The more extensive a man's knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do.
- There can be economy only where there is efficiency.