Benjamin Disraeli

A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance. ”

Man is only great when he acts from passion. ”

The first magic of love is our ignorance that it can ever end. ”

The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes. ”

The secret of success is constancy to purpose. ”

The practice of politics in the East may be defined by one word: dissimulation. ”

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. ”

We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end. ”

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. ”

Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness and with fervor. ”