Benjamin Disraeli Quotes

Ignorance never settles a question.

To be conscious that you are ignorant is a great step to knowledge.

If Gladstone fell in the Thames, that would be a misfortune. But if someone fished him out again, that would be a calamity.

The disappointment of manhood succeeds the delusion of youth.

What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expected generally happens.

I never refuse. I contradict. I sometimes forget.

The devil is the author of confusion.

Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.

Despair is the conclusion of fools.

Once at a social gathering, Gladstone said to Disraeli, “I predict, Sir, that you will die either by hanging or of some vile disease”. Disraeli replied, “That all depends, sir, upon whether I embrace your principles or your mistress.”