#ed

Energy is an eternal delight, and he who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence. ↗

— William Blake

#breeds #delight #desires #energy #eternal

Those who restrain their desires, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained. ↗

— William Blake

#desires #enough #restrain #restrained #their

Want of money and the distress of a thief can never be alleged as the cause of his thieving, for many honest people endure greater hardships with fortitude. We must therefore seek the cause elsewhere than in want of money, for that is the miser's passion, not the thief s. ↗

— William Blake

#cause #distress #elsewhere #endure #fortitude

Fame and power are the objects of all men. Even their partial fruition is gained by very few; and that, too, at the expense of social pleasure, health, conscience, life. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#even #expense #fame #few #fruition

The difference between a misfortune and a calamity is this: If Gladstone fell into the Thames, it would be a misfortune. But if someone dragged him out again, that would be a calamity. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#between #calamity #difference #dragged #fell

A precedent embalms a principle. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#principle

Increased means and increased leisure are the two civilizers of man. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#leisure #man #means #two

King Louis Philippe once said to me that he attributed the great success of the British nation in political life to their talking politics after dinner. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#attributed #british #dinner #great #great success

The more you are talked about the less powerful you are. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#less #more #powerful #talked #you

The very phrase 'foreign affairs' makes an Englishman convinced that I am about to treat of subjects with which he has no concern. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#affairs #am #concern #convinced #englishman