#us

I have brought myself, by long meditation, to the conviction that a human being with a settled purpose must accomplish it, and that nothing can resist a will which will stake even existence upon its fulfillment. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#being #brought #conviction #even #existence

Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#coming #men #something #tell #truth

The Prime Minister has an absolute genius for putting flamboyant labels on empty luggage. ↗

— Aneurin Bevan

#empty #flamboyant #genius #labels #luggage

Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#amusing #long #never #ones #stories

My objection to Liberalism is this that it is the introduction into the practical business of life of the highest kind namely, politics of philosophical ideas instead of political principles. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#highest #ideas #instead #into #introduction

No man is regular in his attendance at the House of Commons until he is married. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#attendance #commons #his #house #man

Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#cease #colonies #independent

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

Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#genius #powerful #sometimes