There is no index of character so sure as the voice. Benjamin Disraeli More Quotes by Benjamin Disraeli More Quotes From Benjamin Disraeli Is man an ape or an angel? Now I am on the side of the angels. Benjamin Disraeli apesangelmen As men advance in life, all passions resolve themselves into money. Love, ambition, even poetry, end in this. Benjamin Disraeli passionmoneyambition What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few. Benjamin Disraeli crimeprisonvices Beauty can inspire miracles. Benjamin Disraeli miraclebeautyinspire Beauty and health are the chief sources of happiness. Benjamin Disraeli source-of-happinesssourcebeauty Books are the curse of the human race. Benjamin Disraeli curseracebook The enterprise of America precedes that of Europe, as the industry of England precedes that of the rest of Europe. Benjamin Disraeli englandeuropeamerica Information upon points of practical politics. Benjamin Disraeli practicalsinformationpolitics And it is a singular truth that, though a man may shake off national habits, accent, manner of thinking, style of dress,--though he may become perfectly identified with another nation, and speak its language well, perhaps better than his own,--yet never can he succeed in changing his handwriting to a foreign style. Benjamin Disraeli stylementhinking Things must be done by parties, not by persons using parties as tools. Benjamin Disraeli partytoolsdone Jews show so near an affinity to you... Where is your Christianity if you do not believe in their Judaism? Benjamin Disraeli christianitybelievehistory Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy. Benjamin Disraeli politicalmiraclerace London is a roost for every bird. Benjamin Disraeli roostlondonbird No enemy is indeed so terrible as a man of genius. Benjamin Disraeli geniusmenenemy The affections are the children of ignorance; when the horizon of our experience expands, and models multiply, love and admiration imperceptibly vanish. Benjamin Disraeli horizonignorancechildren I look upon parliamentary government as the noblest government in the world, and certainly one most suited to England. But without the discipline of political connection, animated by the principle of private honor, I feel certain that a popular assembly would sink before the power or the corruption of a minister. Benjamin Disraeli disciplinepoliticalgovernment Our domestic affections are the most salutary basis of all good government. Benjamin Disraeli basesaffectiongovernment The constitution of England is not a paper constitution. It is an aggregate of institutions, many of them founded merely upon prescription, some of them fortified by muniments, but all of them the fruit and experience of an ancient and illustrious people. Benjamin Disraeli governmentpaperpeople She is an excellent creature, but she can never remember which came first, the Greeks or the Romans. Benjamin Disraeli greekmemoriessex There can be no economy where there is no efficiency. Benjamin Disraeli efficiencyeconomy
