Quote #242

You have heard me accused me of being a flatterer. It is true. I am a flatterer. I have found it useful. Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel.

More from Benjamin Disraeli

  1. Without publicity there can be no public support, and without public support every nation must decay.
  2. You will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities to be found in public life.
  3. William Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect.
  4. Candour is the brightest gem of criticism.
  5. Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.
  6. Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
  7. Where knowledge ends, religion begins.
  8. Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm.

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