Quote #89
Experience is the child of Thought, and Thought is the child of Action. We can not learn men from books.
More from Benjamin Disraeli
- There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour.
- Variety is the mother of Enjoyment.
- Fear makes us feel our humanity.
- There is moderation even in excess.
- I hate definitions.
- In politics, nothing is contemptible.
- Beware of endeavouring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed: these are fearful odds.
- Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter.