11 Benjamin Disraeli Quotes on Wisdom

Benjamin Disraeli quotes on wisdom

25. How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.

30. Never take anything for granted.

73. Despair is the conclusion of fools.

79. Nature has given us two ears but only one mouth.

82. The fool wonders, the wise man asks.

121. All of us encounter, at least once in our life, some individual who utters words that make us think forever. There are men whose phrases are oracles; who condense in one sentence the secrets of life; who blurt out an aphorism that forms a character or illustrates an existence.

144. There is no wisdom like frankness.

182. 'As for that,' said Waldenshare, 'sensible men are all of the same religion.' 'Pray, what is that?' inquired the Prince. 'Sensible men never tell.'

223. The more extensive a man's knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do.

249. Mediocrity can talk; but it is for genius to observe.

256. The wisdom of the wise, and the experience of ages, may be preserved by quotation.

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