Benjamin Disraeli

A writer and statesman; Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

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13 quotations — 2 Funny, 11 Serious.

  1. Damn your principles!
    Stick to your party.
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  2. My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.
    2.
  4. Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.
    3.
  5. Hope for the best.
    Prepare for the worst.
    4.
  6. I must follow the people.
    Am I not their leader?
    5.
  7. I never deny.
    I never contradict.
    I sometimes forget.
    6.
  8. Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.
    7.
  9. No man is forgotten, when it is convenient to remember him.
    8.
  10. The fool wonders.
    The wise man asks.
    9.
  11. The more you are talked about, the less powerful you are.
    10.
  12. There are three kinds of lies: Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics.
    11.
  13. What we anticipate seldom occurs.
    What we least expect generally happens.
    12.
  14. Youth is a blunder; Manhood a struggle; Old Age a regret.
    13.