7 Benjamin Disraeli Quotes on Philosophy

Benjamin Disraeli quotes on philosophy

16. My objection to Liberalism is this-that it is the introduction into the practical business of life of the highest kind-namely, politics-of philosophical ideas instead of political principles.

32. What is the question now placed before society with the glib assurance which to me is most astonishing? That question is this: Is man an ape or an angel? I, my lord, I am on the side of the angels. I repudiate with indignation and abhorrence those new fangled theories.

108. The sense of existence is the greatest happiness.

118. Youth is a blunder; Manhood a struggle; Old Age a regret.

133. But what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is a day, and the race a life.

207. Moderation is the centre wherein all philosophies, both human and divine, meet.

222. The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but to reveal to him his own.