"Read no history; nothing but biography, for that is life without theory." -- Benjamin Disraeli, Contarini Fleming (1832) "Time is the great physician." -- Benjamin Disraeli, Henrietta Temple (1837) "Youth is a blunder; Manhood a struggle, Old Age a regret." -- Benjamin Disraeli, Coningsby (1844) "Man is only great when he acts from the passions." -- Benjamin Disraeli, Coningsby (1844) "Consider Ireland. Thus you have a starving population, an absentee aristocracy, and an alien Church -- and in addition, the weakest executive in the world. That is the Irish Question." -- Benjamin Disraeli, Speech in the House of Commons, 16 February 1844 "Two nations; between them there is no intercourse and no sympathy; who are as ignorant of each other's habits, thoughts and feelings, as if they were dwellers in different zones, or inhabitants of different planets; who are formed by a different breeding, are fed by a different food, are ordered by different manners, and are not governed by the same laws." "You speak of --" said Egremont, hesitatingly. "THE RICH AND THE POOR." -- Benjamin Disraeli, Sybil (1845) "Little things affect little minds." -- Benjamin Disraeli, Sybil (1845) "Finality is not the language of politics. -- Benjamin Disraeli, Speech in the House of Commons, 28 February 1859 "The question is this: is man an ape or an angel? I am on the side of the angels." -- Benjamin Disraeli, Speech (1864) "I have climbed to the top of the greasy pole." -- Benjamin Disraeli, on becoming Prime Minister (1868) "You know who the critics are? The men who have failed in literature and art." -- Benjamin Disraeli, Lothair (1870) "His Christianity was muscular." -- Benjamin Disraeli, Endymion (1880) " 'Sensible men are all the same religion.' And pray what is that?' inquired the prince. 'Sensible men never tell.' -- Benjamin Disraeli, Endymion (1880) "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics." -- Attributed to Benjamin Disraeli. Quoted in Mark Twain, Autobiography (1924)

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